一辈子卖馒头,什么汽都得受一輩子賣饅頭,什麼汽都得受一輩子賣饅頭,什麼汽都得受

selling steamed buns all your life: you have to take every kind of steam

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone in a hard position who has to put up with every kind of ill treatment.
Wordplay: 汽 (qì, steam) and 气 (qì, anger or bullying) are homophones; the bun seller endures steam and also abuse.

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Simplified: 一辈子卖馒头,什么汽都得受
Traditional (Taiwan): 一輩子賣饅頭,什麼汽都得受
Pinyin: yíbèizi mài mántou,shénme qì dōu děi shòu
Bopomofo: ㄧˊ ㄅㄟˋ ˙ㄗㄇㄞˋ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ,ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄡㄉㄟˇ ㄕㄡˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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