临死打哈欠，白张嘴臨死打哈欠，白張嘴臨死打哈欠，白張嘴

yawning at the point of death: just opening the mouth for nothing

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Words spoken in vain that have no effect.
Wordplay: 张嘴 zhāngzuǐ means both to open the mouth (a yawn) and to open one's mouth to speak or ask.

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Simplified: 临死打哈欠，白张嘴
Traditional (Taiwan): 臨死打哈欠，白張嘴
Pinyin: línsǐ dǎhāqian, bái zhāngzuǐ
Bopomofo: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄙˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ，ㄅㄞˊ ㄓㄤㄗㄨㄟˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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