葫芦里卖的是什么药

1. • what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
2. • what's going on?

Character by character

• 葫(hú)
• 芦(lu)rush
• 里(lǐ)lining
• 卖(mài)sell
• 的(de)marks possession and modification
• 是(shì)be
• 什(shén)what
• 么(me)suffix, used to form interrogative 什么 shénme, what?, indefinite 这么 zhème thus, etc
• 药(yào)leaf of the iris