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Open the tool →蠖屈蜗潜 (huò qū wō qián) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe a dwelling that is extremely low and cramped”.
蠖屈蜗潜 is pronounced huò qū wō qián in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 蠖屈蜗潜 means “Inchworm bending, snail hiding”. It is used to mean “to describe a dwelling that is extremely low and cramped”.
蠖:尺蠖;蜗:蜗牛。形容房屋极为低矮和窄小