咸菜烧鲤鱼,有盐在先鹹菜燒鯉魚,有鹽在先鹹菜燒鯉魚,有鹽在先

pickles braised with carp: there's salt first

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when one has already said what needed saying beforehand, so no complaint later.
Wordplay: 盐 (yán, salt) puns on 言 (yán, words): salt already there means words said in advance.

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Simplified: 咸菜烧鲤鱼,有盐在先
Traditional (Taiwan): 鹹菜燒鯉魚,有鹽在先
Pinyin: xiáncài shāo lǐyú,yǒu yán zài xiān
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ ㄕㄠㄌㄧˇ ㄩˊ,ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢ

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

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