不怕红脸关公，就怕抿嘴菩萨不怕紅臉關公，就怕抿嘴菩薩不怕紅臉關公，就怕抿嘴菩薩

don't fear the red-faced Guan Gong, fear the tight-lipped smiling Bodhisattva

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A stern but upright person is easy to deal with; a person who feigns kindness is hard to handle. Warns against hypocrites.

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Simplified: 不怕红脸关公，就怕抿嘴菩萨
Traditional (Taiwan): 不怕紅臉關公，就怕抿嘴菩薩
Pinyin: búpà hóngliǎn Guāngōng, jiù pà mǐnzuǐ púsà
Bopomofo: ㄅㄨˊ ㄆㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢㄍㄨㄥ，ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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