卖艺的吞宝剑,要钱不要命 賣藝的吞寶劍,要錢不要命 賣藝的吞寶劍,要錢不要命

a street performer swallowing a sword: wants money, not life

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Mocks someone so greedy for money that they ignore danger to life.
Simplified
卖艺的吞宝剑,要钱不要命
Traditional (Taiwan)
賣藝的吞寶劍,要錢不要命
Pinyin
màiyì de tūn bǎojiàn, yàoqián bú yàomìng
Bopomofo
ㄇㄞˋ ㄧˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ,ㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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

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