唱戏的喝彩，自己给自己捧场唱戲的喝彩，自己給自己捧場唱戲的喝彩，自己給自己捧場

An opera performer shouting bravo: cheering himself on

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Said, mockingly, of someone who admires or praises himself or his own work.
Wordplay: 捧场 (pěngchǎng) means both to applaud a performance and to flatter or prop someone up; here the performer applauds himself.

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Simplified: 唱戏的喝彩，自己给自己捧场
Traditional (Taiwan): 唱戲的喝彩，自己給自己捧場
Pinyin: chàngxì de hècǎi, zìjǐ gěi zìjǐ pěngchǎng
Bopomofo: ㄔㄤˋ ㄒㄧˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄏㄜˋ ㄘㄞˇ，ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄍㄟˇ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄆㄥˇ ㄔㄤˇ

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

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