雪狮子烤火,摊了半边 雪獅子烤火,攤了半邊 雪獅子烤火,攤了半邊

a snow lion by the fire: a half has spread out

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

May offend: mocks disability

Meaning
Describes someone paralysed on one side, or frozen helpless from shock or emotion. Humorous but can be insensitive.
Wordplay
摊 (tān, 'spread out as a puddle') puns with 瘫 (tān, 'paralysed').
Simplified
雪狮子烤火,摊了半边
Traditional (Taiwan)
雪獅子烤火,攤了半邊
Pinyin
xuě shīzi kǎohuǒ, tānle bànbiān
Bopomofo
ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄕ ˙ㄗ ㄎㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ,ㄊㄢ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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