切糕换粽子,都是一样货切糕換粽子,都是一樣貨切糕換粽子,都是一樣貨

swapping sliced sticky cake for rice dumplings: they're the same stuff

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語

Meaning: The replacement is just the same sort of bad person as the old one. Mocking and insulting.
Wordplay: 货 (huò) means goods or stuff and also a derogatory word for a person, so 'the same goods' means 'the same sort of scoundrel'.

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Simplified: 切糕换粽子,都是一样货
Traditional (Taiwan): 切糕換粽子,都是一樣貨
Pinyin: qiēgāo huàn zòngzi,dōu shì yíyàng huò
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄝㄍㄠㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄗㄨㄥˋ ˙ㄗ,ㄉㄡㄕˋ ㄧˊ ㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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