三张纸画了个驴头,好大的脸面三張紙畫了個驢頭,好大的臉面三張紙畫了個驢頭,好大的臉面

a donkey's head drawn on three sheets of paper: what a big face

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who pretends to have great influence or standing.
Wordplay: 脸面 (liǎnmiàn) means both a 'face' (the huge donkey face) and 'face, prestige'.

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Simplified: 三张纸画了个驴头,好大的脸面
Traditional (Taiwan): 三張紙畫了個驢頭,好大的臉面
Pinyin: sānzhāng zhǐ huà le ge lǘtóu,hǎo dà de liǎnmiàn
Pinyin (Taiwan): sānzhāng zhǐ huà le gè lǘtóu,hǎo dà de liǎnmiàn
Bopomofo: ㄙㄢㄓㄤㄓˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄍㄜˋ ㄌㄩˊ ㄊㄡˊ,ㄏㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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