七斤半的苦瓜，没见过这号种七斤半的苦瓜，沒見過這號種七斤半的苦瓜，沒見過這號種

a seven-and-a-half-catty bitter melon: never seen this sort of kind

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: Said, as an insult, of a person so bad that you've never seen the like. Abusive.
Wordplay: 种 (zhǒng) means both a species of plant and a breed or sort of person, so the odd melon stands for an odd, bad person.

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Simplified: 七斤半的苦瓜，没见过这号种
Traditional (Taiwan): 七斤半的苦瓜，沒見過這號種
Pinyin: qī jīn bàn de kǔguā, méi jiànguo zhè hào zhǒng
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄐㄧㄣㄅㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚ，ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄍㄨㄛㄓㄜˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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