四两棉花八张弓，细弹细弹四兩棉花八張弓，細彈細彈四兩棉花八張弓，細彈細彈

four ounces of cotton and eight bows: fluff it fine, fluff it fine

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Let's talk it over carefully and in detail. Said lightly when proposing to discuss slowly. The book says the usual form is 二两棉花四张弓，细弹(谈).
Wordplay: 弹 (tán, to fluff cotton with a bow) is used for 谈 (tán, to talk), so 'fluff finely' sounds like 'talk it over finely'.

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Simplified: 四两棉花八张弓，细弹细弹
Traditional (Taiwan): 四兩棉花八張弓，細彈細彈
Pinyin: sì liǎng miánhua bā zhāng gōng, xì dàn xì dàn
Bopomofo: ㄙˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚㄅㄚㄓㄤㄍㄨㄥ，ㄒㄧˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄉㄢˋ

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

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