卫生口罩，嘴上一套衛生口罩，嘴上一套衞生口罩，嘴上一套

a hygienic face mask: a set/cover on the mouth

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who says one thing but thinks or does another; two-faced.
Wordplay: 套 tào means to put a cover on (the mask goes on the mouth) and 一套儿 yī tàor means 'a set/line' of talk, so the mouth has 'one line' while the heart has another.

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Simplified: 卫生口罩，嘴上一套
Traditional (Taiwan): 衛生口罩，嘴上一套
Traditional (Hong Kong): 衞生口罩，嘴上一套
Pinyin: wèishēng kǒuzhào, zuǐ shàng yítào
Bopomofo: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥㄎㄡˇ ㄓㄠˋ，ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄧˊ ㄊㄠˋ

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

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