十八岁的姑娘当媒人，人不说你，你还说人十八歲的姑娘當媒人，人不說你，你還說人十八歲的姑娘當媒人，人不説你，你還説人

an eighteen-year-old girl acting as matchmaker: nobody has matched you, yet you match others

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: sexist or sexual

Meaning: Said of someone who makes a mistake and, before anyone has criticised them, blames others instead. Mocking.
Wordplay: 说 (shuō) means both 'arrange a match' (说媒) and 'criticise, blame', so the line reads two ways.

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Simplified: 十八岁的姑娘当媒人，人不说你，你还说人
Traditional (Taiwan): 十八歲的姑娘當媒人，人不說你，你還說人
Traditional (Hong Kong): 十八歲的姑娘當媒人，人不説你，你還説人
Pinyin: shíbā suì de gūniang dāng méiren, rén bù shuō nǐ, nǐ hái shuō rén
Bopomofo: ㄕˊ ㄅㄚㄙㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄍㄨ ˙ㄋㄧㄤㄉㄤㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄖㄣ，ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄛㄋㄧˇ，ㄋㄧˇ ㄏㄞˊ ㄕㄨㄛㄖㄣˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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