三百钱买了个瘟猪崽,死活不开口三百錢買了個瘟豬崽,死活不開口三百錢買了個瘟豬崽,死活不開口

three hundred coins buy a plague-struck piglet: dead or alive, it won't open its mouth

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone who refuses to speak, whatever you do. Humorous and a little exasperated.
Wordplay: 死活 (sǐhuó) means both 'dead or alive' and 'no matter what'. 开口 (kāikǒu) means both 'open the mouth' (to eat) and 'speak'.

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Simplified: 三百钱买了个瘟猪崽,死活不开口
Traditional (Taiwan): 三百錢買了個瘟豬崽,死活不開口
Pinyin: sānbǎiqián mǎile ge wēn zhūzǎi,sǐhuó bù kāikǒu
Pinyin (Taiwan): sānbǎiqián mǎile gè wēn zhūzǎi,sǐhuó bù kāikǒu
Bopomofo: ㄙㄢㄅㄞˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄌㄜㄍㄜˋ ㄨㄣㄓㄨㄗㄞˇ,ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄞㄎㄡˇ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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