二两棉花四张弓，细弹二兩棉花四張弓，細彈二兩棉花四張弓，細彈

two liang of cotton and four bows: fine fluffing (talking)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes talking something over in careful detail. Humorous.
Wordplay: 弹 (tán, to fluff cotton with a bow) sounds like 谈 (tán, to talk).

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Simplified: 二两棉花四张弓，细弹
Traditional (Taiwan): 二兩棉花四張弓，細彈
Pinyin: èr liǎng miánhua sì zhāng gōng, xì dàn
Bopomofo: ㄦˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚㄙˋ ㄓㄤㄍㄨㄥ，ㄒㄧˋ ㄉㄢˋ

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

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