喝了白露水的知了，叫不了几天喝了白露水的知了，叫不了幾天喝了白露水的知了，叫不了幾天

a cicada that has drunk the White Dew water: can't chirp for many more days

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says that a villain or bad force that is rampant now is near its end. Scornful and hopeful.

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Simplified: 喝了白露水的知了，叫不了几天
Traditional (Taiwan): 喝了白露水的知了，叫不了幾天
Pinyin: hēle bái lùshuǐ de zhīliǎo, jiào bù liǎo jǐtiān
Pinyin (Taiwan): hēle bái lùshuǐ de zhīle, jiào bù liǎo jǐtiān
Bopomofo: ㄏㄜ ˙ㄌㄜㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄓ ˙ㄌㄜ，ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄢ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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