鞋里长草，荒了脚鞋里長草，荒了腳鞋里長草，荒了腳

grass growing in the shoe: the foot is wasteland (panicked)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes being flustered and in a hurry, not knowing what to do.
Wordplay: 荒 (huāng, 'overgrown, wild') sounds the same as 慌 (huāng, 'flustered'), so 'wasteland feet' means 'flustered feet'.

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Simplified: 鞋里长草，荒了脚
Traditional (Taiwan): 鞋里長草，荒了腳
Pinyin: xiélǐ zhǎng cǎo, huāngle jiǎo
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ ㄘㄠˇ，ㄏㄨㄤ ˙ㄌㄜㄐㄧㄠˇ

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

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