凤凰飞上梧桐树，自有旁人话短长鳳凰飛上梧桐樹，自有旁人話短長鳳凰飛上梧桐樹，自有旁人話短長

when the phoenix flies up to the wutong tree, others will have their say

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Even a good thing draws gossip and comment from others.

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Simplified: 凤凰飞上梧桐树，自有旁人话短长
Traditional (Taiwan): 鳳凰飛上梧桐樹，自有旁人話短長
Pinyin: fènghuáng fēi shàng wútóng shù, zìyǒu pángrén huà duǎncháng
Bopomofo: ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄟㄕㄤˋ ㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨˋ，ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄆㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄤˊ

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

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