半天里抹糨子，糊云半天里抹糨子，糊雲半天里抹糨子，糊雲

smearing paste in the sky: pasting clouds

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Scolds someone for talking nonsense.
Wordplay: 糊 (hú, paste) sounds like 胡 (hú, wildly), and 云 (yún) is both 'cloud' and 'say', so it sounds like 'talk rubbish'.

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Simplified: 半天里抹糨子，糊云
Traditional (Taiwan): 半天里抹糨子，糊雲
Pinyin: bàntiān lǐ mǒ jiàngzi, hú Yún
Bopomofo: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ˙ㄗ，ㄏㄨˊ ㄩㄣˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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