三根搅屎棍撑桌子,一副臭架子 三根攪屎棍撐桌子,一副臭架子 三根攪屎棍撐桌子,一副臭架子

three dung-stirring sticks holding up a table: a stinking frame

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning
Mocks someone who puts on airs and acts self-important. Coarse and contemptuous.
Wordplay
架子 (jiàzi) means both the 'frame' of the table and 'airs, haughty manner'. 臭 (chòu) means both 'stinking' and 'disgusting'.
Simplified
三根搅屎棍撑桌子,一副臭架子
Traditional (Taiwan)
三根攪屎棍撐桌子,一副臭架子
Pinyin
sān gēn jiǎoshǐgùn chēng zhuōzi,yífù chòujiàzi
Bopomofo
ㄙㄢ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄕˇ ㄍㄨㄣˋ ㄔㄥ ㄓㄨㄛ ˙ㄗ,ㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄔㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

Words in this sentence

Where this sentence is used

All Chinese example sentences