仙人掌开花,黄了仙人掌開花,黃了仙人掌開花,黃了

a cactus blooms: it's yellow

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Said when a plan falls through or something fails. Wry, casual.
Wordplay: 黄了 (huáng le) means the flowers are yellow, and also 'came to nothing, fell through'.

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Simplified: 仙人掌开花,黄了
Traditional (Taiwan): 仙人掌開花,黃了
Pinyin: xiānrénzhǎng kāihuā,huángle
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄚ,ㄏㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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