刮大风吃炒面，张不开嘴刮大風吃炒麵，張不開嘴刮大風吃炒麪，張不開嘴

eating parched flour in a high wind: can't open your mouth

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when you can't speak up or find it hard to say something. The usual version is 有口难开.

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Simplified: 刮大风吃炒面，张不开嘴
Traditional (Taiwan): 刮大風吃炒麵，張不開嘴
Traditional (Hong Kong): 刮大風吃炒麪，張不開嘴
Pinyin: guā dàfēng chī chǎomiàn, zhāng bù kāi zuǐ
Bopomofo: ㄍㄨㄚㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄥㄔㄔㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ，ㄓㄤㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄞㄗㄨㄟˇ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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