一百斤面蒸一个大寿桃,费物点心一百斤面蒸一個大壽桃,費物點心一百斤面蒸一個大壽桃,費物點心

steam one great birthday peach from a hundred catties of flour: a wasteful snack

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Insults a person who looks impressive but is useless.
Wordplay: 费 (fèi, wasteful) and 废 (fèi, useless) are homophones, so 费物点心 echoes 废物点心 'good-for-nothing'.

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Simplified: 一百斤面蒸一个大寿桃,费物点心
Traditional (Taiwan): 一百斤面蒸一個大壽桃,費物點心
Pinyin: yìbǎi jīn miàn zhēng yí gè dà shòutáo,fèi wù diǎnxin
Bopomofo: ㄧˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄣㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄥㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄊㄠˊ,ㄈㄟˋ ㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄒㄧㄣ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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