买上四两棉花，纺一纺買上四兩棉花，紡一紡買上四兩棉花，紡一紡

buy four taels of cotton and spin it a bit

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Means to ask around or look into something.
Wordplay: 纺 (fǎng, to spin) sounds the same as 访 (fǎng, to visit or inquire).

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Simplified: 买上四两棉花，纺一纺
Traditional (Taiwan): 買上四兩棉花，紡一紡
Pinyin: mǎi shàng sì liǎng miánhua, fǎng yì fǎng
Bopomofo: ㄇㄞˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄙˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ，ㄈㄤˇ ㄧˋ ㄈㄤˇ

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

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