佛爷脸上刮金，浅剥佛爺臉上刮金，淺剝佛爺臉上刮金，淺剝

scraping gold off the Buddha's face: shallow peeling (thin)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says a person is poorly informed or lacks refinement. Mocking.
Wordplay: 剥 (bō, peel) is used for 薄 (bó, thin), so the gold layer is thin and the person is shallow.

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Simplified: 佛爷脸上刮金，浅剥
Traditional (Taiwan): 佛爺臉上刮金，淺剝
Pinyin: fóye liǎnshàng guā jīn, qiǎn bāo
Bopomofo: ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄚㄐㄧㄣ，ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄠ

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

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