吃剩饭长大的，尽出馊主意吃剩飯長大的，儘出餿主意吃剩飯長大的，儘出餿主意

raised on leftovers: only rotten ideas come out

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語

Meaning: Says someone always comes up with bad or unethical ideas. It is insulting.
Wordplay: 馊 (sōu) means both spoiled food and bad or underhand.

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Simplified: 吃剩饭长大的，尽出馊主意
Traditional (Taiwan): 吃剩飯長大的，儘出餿主意
Pinyin: chī shèngfàn zhǎngdà de, jìn chū sōuzhǔyi
Pinyin (Taiwan): chī shèngfàn zhǎngdà de, jǐn chū sōuzhǔyi
Bopomofo: ㄔㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄜ，ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄔㄨㄙㄡㄓㄨˇ ˙ㄧ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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