吃了萤火虫，肚子里明吃了螢火蟲，肚子里明吃了螢火蟲，肚子里明

Ate a firefly: bright inside the belly

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Someone understands what is going on, even if they don't say so.
Wordplay: 明 (míng) means both bright and clear in understanding.

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Simplified: 吃了萤火虫，肚子里明
Traditional (Taiwan): 吃了螢火蟲，肚子里明
Pinyin: chīle yínghuǒchóng, dǔzi lǐ míng
Bopomofo: ㄔ ˙ㄌㄜㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ，ㄉㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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