南天门上挂牌子，好大的一块匾南天門上掛牌子，好大的一塊匾南天門上掛牌子，好大的一塊匾

hanging a sign on the South Heavenly Gate: what a big plaque

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who puts on a show or gives himself great airs.

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Simplified: 南天门上挂牌子，好大的一块匾
Traditional (Taiwan): 南天門上掛牌子，好大的一塊匾
Pinyin: Nántiānmén shang guà páizi, hǎo dà de yíkuài biǎn
Pinyin (Taiwan): Nántiānmén shàng guà páizi, hǎo dà de yíkuài biǎn
Bopomofo: ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄇㄣˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄆㄞˊ ˙ㄗ，ㄏㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄧˊ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄅㄧㄢˇ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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