啄木鸟死在树窟窿里，吃亏在那张嘴上啄木鳥死在樹窟窿里，吃虧在那張嘴上啄木鳥死在樹窟窿里，吃虧在那張嘴上

woodpecker dies in a tree hole: it came to grief through its beak

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Someone who gets into trouble because they talk too much or carelessly.
Wordplay: 嘴 (zuǐ) means both the beak and speech.

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Simplified: 啄木鸟死在树窟窿里，吃亏在那张嘴上
Traditional (Taiwan): 啄木鳥死在樹窟窿里，吃虧在那張嘴上
Pinyin: zhuómùniǎo sǐ zài shù kūlong li, chīkuī zài nà zhāngzuǐ shang
Pinyin (Taiwan): zhuómùniǎo sǐ zài shù kūlong lǐ, chīkuī zài nà zhāngzuǐ shàng
Bopomofo: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄙˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄎㄨ ˙ㄌㄨㄥㄌㄧˇ，ㄔㄎㄨㄟㄗㄞˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄓㄤㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄤˋ

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

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