哑巴吃饺子,心里有数 啞巴吃餃子,心裡有數 啞巴吃餃子,心裏有數

a mute eating dumplings: has the count in mind

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Someone who knows exactly how things stand and is confident, though silent.
Wordplay
有数 (yǒu shù) means both "has a number" (counting dumplings) and "knows the situation well".
Simplified
哑巴吃饺子,心里有数
Traditional (Taiwan)
啞巴吃餃子,心裡有數
Traditional (Hong Kong)
啞巴吃餃子,心裏有數
Pinyin
yǎba chī jiǎozi,xīnliyǒushù
Pinyin (Taiwan)
yǎba chī jiǎozi,xīnlǐyǒushù
Bopomofo
ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄔ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄗ,ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄨˋ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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