八哥儿啄柿子，雷公打豆腐，拣软的来八哥兒啄柿子，雷公打豆腐，揀軟的來八哥兒啄柿子，雷公打豆腐，揀軟的來

A myna pecking persimmons, the Thunder God striking tofu: go for the soft ones

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Picking on weak people to bully. Critical; like 'pick on someone smaller'.
Wordplay: 软 (ruǎn) means both soft in texture (persimmon, tofu) and soft in temperament (a weak person).

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Simplified: 八哥儿啄柿子，雷公打豆腐，拣软的来
Traditional (Taiwan): 八哥兒啄柿子，雷公打豆腐，揀軟的來
Pinyin: bāgēr zhuó shìzi, Léigōngdǎdòufu, jiǎn ruǎn de lái
Bopomofo: ㄅㄚㄍㄜㄦㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄕˋ ˙ㄗ，ㄌㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ，ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄌㄞˊ

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

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