咸菜拌豆腐,用不着盐鹹菜拌豆腐,用不著鹽鹹菜拌豆腐,用不着鹽

pickles mixed with tofu: no need for salt

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when something is already clear so nothing more needs to be said.
Wordplay: 盐 (yán, salt) is a pun on 言 (yán, words): no salt needed means no words needed.

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Simplified: 咸菜拌豆腐,用不着盐
Traditional (Taiwan): 鹹菜拌豆腐,用不著鹽
Traditional (Hong Kong): 鹹菜拌豆腐,用不着鹽
Pinyin: xiáncài bàn dòufu,yòngbùzháo yán
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ,ㄩㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄧㄢˊ

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

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