吃剩饭，想点子，净出馊主意吃剩飯，想點子，淨出餿主意吃剩飯，想點子，淨出餿主意

Eat leftovers, think up ideas, and come up with only rotten ones

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Describes someone whose suggestions are bad or unethical. It is critical.
Wordplay: 馊 (sōu) means both spoiled, sour-smelling food and bad or underhand.

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Simplified: 吃剩饭，想点子，净出馊主意
Traditional (Taiwan): 吃剩飯，想點子，淨出餿主意
Pinyin: chī shèngfàn, xiǎng diǎnzi, jìng chū sōuzhǔyi
Bopomofo: ㄔㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄢˋ，ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄗ，ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄙㄡㄓㄨˇ ˙ㄧ

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

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