卤水煮鸭子，身子烂了嘴还硬鹵水煮鴨子，身子爛了嘴還硬鹵水煮鴨子，身子爛了嘴還硬

ducks cooked in brine: the body is soft but the beak is still hard

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · In everyday use

Meaning: Said mockingly of someone who is clearly beaten but refuses to admit it and keeps talking tough.
Wordplay: 嘴 (zuǐ) means the beak and also speech; 硬 (yìng) means hard and also stubborn.

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Simplified: 卤水煮鸭子，身子烂了嘴还硬
Traditional (Taiwan): 鹵水煮鴨子，身子爛了嘴還硬
Pinyin: lǔshuǐ zhǔ yāzi, shēnzi lànle zuǐ hái yìng
Bopomofo: ㄌㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧㄚ ˙ㄗ，ㄕㄣ ˙ㄗㄌㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄞˊ ㄧㄥˋ

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

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