受潮的炸药，不响受潮的炸藥，不響受潮的炸藥，不響

damp explosive: doesn't go bang

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Means someone no longer has any thought or intention of doing something. Humorous.
Wordplay: 响 (xiǎng, to sound or go off) is a homophone of 想 (xiǎng, to think or want).

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Simplified: 受潮的炸药，不响
Traditional (Taiwan): 受潮的炸藥，不響
Pinyin: shòucháo de zhàyào, bù xiǎng
Bopomofo: ㄕㄡˋ ㄔㄠˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄓㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

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

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