八十岁的老太太打哈欠，一望无牙八十歲的老太太打哈欠，一望無牙八十歲的老太太打哈欠，一望無牙

An eighty-year-old woman yawning: not a tooth in sight

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes something vast, with no end in view.
Wordplay: 牙 (yá, tooth) stands for 涯 (yá, boundary) in 一望无涯 'boundless as far as the eye can see'.

Sign up for a free account to save sentences and hear them read aloud

Simplified: 八十岁的老太太打哈欠，一望无牙
Traditional (Taiwan): 八十歲的老太太打哈欠，一望無牙
Pinyin: bāshí suì de lǎotàitai dǎhāqian, yí wàng wú yá
Bopomofo: ㄅㄚㄕˊ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄊㄞㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ，ㄧˊ ㄨㄤˋ ㄨˊ ㄧㄚˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

Words in this sentence

Where this sentence is used

Chinese sayings

Sign up for a free Chinese Boost account

Save the words and sentences you find here to your own list, and hear them read aloud. You can export the list to your flashcards whenever you like.

Create a free account

All Chinese example sentences