啄木鸟找食，全凭嘴硬啄木鳥找食，全憑嘴硬啄木鳥找食，全憑嘴硬

woodpecker looking for food: it all depends on a hard beak

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone who gets by purely by being a good talker.
Wordplay: 嘴 (zuǐ) is both beak and speech; 硬 (yìng) is both hard and, here, strong or outstanding.

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Simplified: 啄木鸟找食，全凭嘴硬
Traditional (Taiwan): 啄木鳥找食，全憑嘴硬
Pinyin: zhuómùniǎo zhǎo shí, quán píng zuǐyìng
Bopomofo: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄠˇ ㄕˊ，ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄥˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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