咸菜蘸酱,盐重了鹹菜蘸醬,鹽重了鹹菜蘸醬,鹽重了

dipping pickles in sauce: too salty

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

Meaning: Said when a matter is hard to handle or the situation is serious.
Wordplay: 盐 (yán, salt) puns on 严 (yán, severe): 'too salty' sounds like 'serious'.

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Simplified: 咸菜蘸酱,盐重了
Traditional (Taiwan): 鹹菜蘸醬,鹽重了
Pinyin: xiáncài zhànjiàng,yán zhòngle
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ,ㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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