三钱银子买个老驴,自夸骑得 三錢銀子買個老驢,自誇騎得 三錢銀子買個老驢,自誇騎得

buy an old donkey for three qian of silver and boast that it's good to ride

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Mocks someone who blindly brags about themselves or their possessions. Close to 'blowing one's own trumpet'.
Simplified
三钱银子买个老驴,自夸骑得
Traditional (Taiwan)
三錢銀子買個老驢,自誇騎得
Pinyin
sān qián yínzi mǎi ge lǎolǘ,zìkuā qí de
Pinyin (Taiwan)
sān qián yínzi mǎi gè lǎolǘ,zìkuā qí de
Bopomofo
ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄗ ㄇㄞˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄌㄩˊ,ㄗˋ ㄎㄨㄚ ㄑㄧˊ ˙ㄉㄜ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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