半夜摸黄瓜，不知头尾半夜摸黃瓜，不知頭尾半夜摸黃瓜，不知頭尾

groping for a cucumber at midnight: can't tell the head from the tail

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Said when you don't know the background or the whole story of something. Humorous.
Wordplay: 头尾 (tóuwěi) means both the ends of the cucumber and the beginning and end of an affair.

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Simplified: 半夜摸黄瓜，不知头尾
Traditional (Taiwan): 半夜摸黃瓜，不知頭尾
Pinyin: bànyè mō huángguā, bùzhī tóuwěi
Bopomofo: ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄛㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄚ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄟˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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