嗑瓜子儿嗑出个臭虫来,装仁儿嗑瓜子兒嗑出個臭蟲來,裝仁兒嗑瓜子兒嗑出個臭蟲來,裝仁兒

cracking melon seeds and finding a bedbug: pretending to be a kernel (person)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks a bad person who poses as a good one. Critical and sarcastic.
Wordplay: 仁儿 (rénr, kernel) and 人儿 (rénr, person) sound alike; the bedbug looks like a kernel, and 装人儿 means putting on a decent-person act.

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Simplified: 嗑瓜子儿嗑出个臭虫来,装仁儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 嗑瓜子兒嗑出個臭蟲來,裝仁兒
Pinyin: kē guāzir kē chū gè chòuchóng lái,zhuāng rénr
Bopomofo: ㄎㄜㄍㄨㄚ ˙ㄗㄦㄎㄜㄔㄨㄍㄜˋ ㄔㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄞˊ,ㄓㄨㄤㄖㄣˊㄦ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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