南郭先生吹竽，不会装会南郭先生吹竽，不會裝會南郭先生吹竽，不會裝會

Mr Nanguo playing the yu pipe: pretending to know how when he can't

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Describes someone who fakes skill and passes himself off among real experts. Mocking; related to the idiom 滥竽充数.

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Simplified: 南郭先生吹竽，不会装会
Traditional (Taiwan): 南郭先生吹竽，不會裝會
Pinyin: Nánguōxiānshēng chuīyú, búhuì zhuāng huì
Bopomofo: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛㄒㄧㄢㄕㄥㄔㄨㄟㄩˊ，ㄅㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄨㄤㄏㄨㄟˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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