半天云里吹唢呐，哪里哪半天雲里吹嗩吶，哪裡哪半天雲里吹嗩吶，哪裏哪

playing the suona up in the clouds: nǎ li nǎ

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: The words imitate the suona's sound and echo the polite deflection 哪里哪里; used to brush off or disagree with what someone has said, often modestly or playfully.

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Simplified: 半天云里吹唢呐，哪里哪
Traditional (Taiwan): 半天雲里吹嗩吶，哪裡哪
Traditional (Hong Kong): 半天雲里吹嗩吶，哪裏哪
Pinyin: bàntiān Yún li chuī suǒnà, nǎlǐ nǎ
Pinyin (Taiwan): bàntiān Yún lǐ chuī suǒnà, nǎlǐ nǎ
Bopomofo: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄟㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄚˋ，ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄋㄚˇ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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