冬瓜皮当帽子，霉上了顶冬瓜皮當帽子，霉上了頂冬瓜皮當帽子，霉上了頂

wearing a winter-melon rind as a hat: mouldy to the top

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes extremely bad luck, as unlucky as can be.
Wordplay: 霉 méi means both the mould/white bloom on the rind and bad luck (倒霉), and 顶 dǐng means both the top of the head and the utmost degree.

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Simplified: 冬瓜皮当帽子，霉上了顶
Traditional (Taiwan): 冬瓜皮當帽子，霉上了頂
Pinyin: dōngguā pí dàng màozi, méi shàng le dǐng
Pinyin (Taiwan): dōngguā pí dāng màozi, méi shàng le dǐng
Bopomofo: ㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄚㄆㄧˊ ㄉㄤㄇㄠˋ ˙ㄗ，ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄉㄧㄥˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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