倒瓤儿的冬瓜，一肚子坏水倒瓤兒的冬瓜，一肚子壞水倒瓤兒的冬瓜，一肚子壞水

a winter melon whose flesh has rotted: a belly full of bad liquid

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes a person full of wicked schemes and bad intentions. Strongly critical.
Wordplay: 坏水 huàishuǐ is literally the rotten juice of the melon and figuratively malicious tricks or evil ideas.

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Simplified: 倒瓤儿的冬瓜，一肚子坏水
Traditional (Taiwan): 倒瓤兒的冬瓜，一肚子壞水
Pinyin: dào rángr de dōngguā, yìdǔzi huàishuǐ
Bopomofo: ㄉㄠˋ ㄖㄤˊㄦ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄚ，ㄧˋ ㄉㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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