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Open the tool →拔不出腿 (bá bù chū tuǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be unable to extricate oneself from a difficult situation or numerous tasks; to be bogged down; to be tied up”.
拔不出腿 is pronounced bá bù chū tuǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 拔不出腿 means “cannot pull out one's leg”. It is used to mean “to be unable to extricate oneself from a difficult situation or numerous tasks; to be bogged down; to be tied up”.
比喻陷入困境或杂事缠身而一时无法解脱