三月里的白菜,早就有心儿了三月里的白菜,早就有心兒了三月里的白菜,早就有心兒了

cabbage in the third month: it already has a heart

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone who has long had something in mind, especially someone who has long had feelings for another person. Playful.
Wordplay: 心儿 (xīnr) is the 'heart' of the cabbage and sounds like 心 (xīn) 'heart, feelings', so it means 'already has feelings'.

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Simplified: 三月里的白菜,早就有心儿了
Traditional (Taiwan): 三月里的白菜,早就有心兒了
Pinyin: sānyuè lǐ de báicài,zǎojiù yǒuxīn ér le
Bopomofo: ㄙㄢㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄅㄞˊ ㄘㄞˋ,ㄗㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣㄦˊ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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