两个肩膀扛着一张嘴，净等吃兩個肩膀扛著一張嘴，淨等吃兩個肩膀扛着一張嘴，淨等吃

two shoulders carrying one mouth: just waiting to eat

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who does nothing and waits for ready-made food. Mocking and critical.

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Simplified: 两个肩膀扛着一张嘴，净等吃
Traditional (Taiwan): 兩個肩膀扛著一張嘴，淨等吃
Traditional (Hong Kong): 兩個肩膀扛着一張嘴，淨等吃
Pinyin: liǎng gè jiānbǎng káng zhe yì zhāng zuǐ, jìng děng chī
Bopomofo: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄢㄅㄤˇ ㄎㄤˊ ˙ㄓㄜㄧˋ ㄓㄤㄗㄨㄟˇ，ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄔ

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

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