Hóuzi bù zuān quān, duō qiāo jǐ biàn luó.

猴子不鑽圈, 多敲幾遍鑼。

Lit [If the trained circus] monkey [is] not [willing to] jump through the hoop, [one only needs to] strike the gong a few more times.

Fig If one trick doesn't work, one will have to try another. “There's more than one way to skin a cat.”

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