骨缝儿里的肉，两面都碰硬骨縫兒里的肉，兩面都碰硬骨縫兒里的肉，兩面都碰硬

flesh in the crack between bones: hard on both sides

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone squeezed by strong pressure from both sides. Close to 'between a rock and a hard place'.
Wordplay: 硬 (yìng) means hard bone and also tough, powerful opposition.

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Simplified: 骨缝儿里的肉，两面都碰硬
Traditional (Taiwan): 骨縫兒里的肉，兩面都碰硬
Pinyin: gǔ fèngr lǐ de ròu, liǎngmiàn dōu pèngyìng
Bopomofo: ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˋㄦㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄖㄡˋ，ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄡㄆㄥˋ ㄧㄥˋ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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