嗑瓜子儿嗑出个虾米来,碰到好仁儿了嗑瓜子兒嗑出個蝦米來,碰到好仁兒了嗑瓜子兒嗑出個蝦米來,碰到好仁兒了

cracking melon seeds and finding a dried shrimp: met a good kernel (person)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when one unexpectedly finds a good person among many. Light and approving.
Wordplay: 仁儿 (rénr, kernel) and 人儿 (rénr, person) sound alike, so a 'good kernel' is also a 'good person'.

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Simplified: 嗑瓜子儿嗑出个虾米来,碰到好仁儿了
Traditional (Taiwan): 嗑瓜子兒嗑出個蝦米來,碰到好仁兒了
Pinyin: kē guāzir kē chū gè xiāmǐ lái,pèngdào hǎo rénr le
Bopomofo: ㄎㄜㄍㄨㄚ ˙ㄗㄦㄎㄜㄔㄨㄍㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄚㄇㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ,ㄆㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊㄦ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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