一斤酒装进十两的瓶子里头，正好一斤酒裝進十兩的瓶子裡頭，正好一斤酒裝進十兩的瓶子裏頭，正好

one jin of wine poured into a ten-liang bottle: it fits exactly

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says something is just right or fits perfectly. (The old jin was 16 liang; in the book's reckoning, 10 liang make a jin.)

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Simplified: 一斤酒装进十两的瓶子里头，正好
Traditional (Taiwan): 一斤酒裝進十兩的瓶子裡頭，正好
Traditional (Hong Kong): 一斤酒裝進十兩的瓶子裏頭，正好
Pinyin: yì jīn jiǔ zhuāng jìn shí liǎng de píngzi lǐtou, zhènghǎo
Bopomofo: ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄣㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄤㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄆㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄊㄡ，ㄓㄥˋ ㄏㄠˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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