卖烧饼的不带干粮，吃货賣燒餅的不帶乾糧，吃貨賣燒餅的不帶乾糧，吃貨

a sesame-bun seller without his own food: eats the goods

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: An insult for someone who only eats and can do nothing useful.
Wordplay: 货 (huò) means goods for sale and also is a term of abuse for a person, as in 'good-for-nothing'.

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Simplified: 卖烧饼的不带干粮，吃货
Traditional (Taiwan): 賣燒餅的不帶乾糧，吃貨
Pinyin: mài shāobing de bú dài gānliáng, chīhuò
Bopomofo: ㄇㄞˋ ㄕㄠ ˙ㄅㄧㄥ ˙ㄉㄜㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄍㄢㄌㄧㄤˊ，ㄔㄏㄨㄛˋ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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