叫花子做皇帝，快活一天算一天叫花子做皇帝，快活一天算一天叫花子做皇帝，快活一天算一天

a beggar made emperor: enjoy each day as it comes

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: mocks a group of people

Meaning: Said of someone who lives for the moment with no long-term plan.

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Simplified: 叫花子做皇帝，快活一天算一天
Pinyin: jiàohuāzi zuò huángdì, kuàihuo yì tiān suàn yì tiān
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ˙ㄗㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ，ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄛㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

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

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