吃了柳条拉笊篱，肚子里编的吃了柳條拉笊籬，肚子里編的吃了柳條拉笊籬，肚子里編的

ate willow twigs and passed a strainer: woven inside the belly

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: A story that has simply been made up.
Wordplay: 编 (biān) means both weaving a strainer and inventing a story.

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Simplified: 吃了柳条拉笊篱，肚子里编的
Traditional (Taiwan): 吃了柳條拉笊籬，肚子里編的
Pinyin: chīle liǔtiáo lā zhàoli, dǔzi lǐ biān de
Bopomofo: ㄔ ˙ㄌㄜㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄚㄓㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄧ，ㄉㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄧㄢ ˙ㄉㄜ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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