八十岁的老头儿学吹打，上气不接下气八十歲的老頭兒學吹打，上氣不接下氣八十歲的老頭兒學吹打，上氣不接下氣

An eighty-year-old learning to play wind and percussion: breath can't follow breath

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Out of breath and short of strength.

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Simplified: 八十岁的老头儿学吹打，上气不接下气
Traditional (Taiwan): 八十歲的老頭兒學吹打，上氣不接下氣
Pinyin: bāshí suì de lǎotour xué chuīdǎ, shàngqìbùjiēxiàqì
Bopomofo: ㄅㄚㄕˊ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄊㄡㄦㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄔㄨㄟㄉㄚˇ，ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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