三十晚上晒衣裳,今年不干明年干三十晚上曬衣裳,今年不幹明年幹三十晚上曬衣裳,今年不幹明年幹

drying clothes on New Year's Eve: if not dry this year, dry next year

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of a task that has to be done sooner or later. Hence 'we'll do it anyway, whenever'.
Wordplay: 干 (gān) 'dry' and 干 (gàn) 'do' are written alike but read differently, so it also means 'if you won't do it this year, you'll do it next year'.

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Simplified: 三十晚上晒衣裳,今年不干明年干
Traditional (Taiwan): 三十晚上曬衣裳,今年不幹明年幹
Pinyin: sānshíwǎnshang shài yīshang,jīnnián bú gàn míngnián gàn
Bopomofo: ㄙㄢㄕˊ ㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄕㄤㄕㄞˋ ㄧ ˙ㄕㄤ,ㄐㄧㄣㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄍㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄢˋ

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

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