鸡肠子放风筝，迟早要绷断雞腸子放風箏，遲早要繃斷雞腸子放風箏，遲早要繃斷

flying a kite with chicken intestine: sooner or later it snaps

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Something fragile or flawed will break down before long. Mocking warning.

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Simplified: 鸡肠子放风筝，迟早要绷断
Traditional (Taiwan): 雞腸子放風箏，遲早要繃斷
Pinyin: jī chángzi fàng fēngzheng, chízǎo yào bēng duàn
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄔㄤˊ ˙ㄗㄈㄤˋ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄓㄥ，ㄔˊ ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄥㄉㄨㄢˋ

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

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