吹口哨儿过坟地,自己给自己壮胆吹口哨兒過墳地,自己給自己壯膽吹口哨兒過墳地,自己給自己壯膽

whistling while passing a graveyard: giving yourself courage

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Putting on a brave front while afraid. Close to 'whistling in the dark'.

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Simplified: 吹口哨儿过坟地,自己给自己壮胆
Traditional (Taiwan): 吹口哨兒過墳地,自己給自己壯膽
Pinyin: chuīkǒushào ér guò féndì,zìjǐ gěi zìjǐ zhuàngdǎn
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄟㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄦˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ,ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄍㄟˇ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄉㄢˇ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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