圣人喝卤水,明白人办糊涂事 聖人喝鹵水,明白人辦糊塗事 聖人喝鹵水,明白人辦糊塗事

a sage drinking bittern: a wise person doing a foolish thing

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
A clever person who does something stupid. Mocking or rueful.
Simplified
圣人喝卤水,明白人办糊涂事
Traditional (Taiwan)
聖人喝鹵水,明白人辦糊塗事
Pinyin
shèngrén hē lǔshuǐ, míngbáirén bàn hútu shì
Bopomofo
ㄕㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄜ ㄌㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ,ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨ ㄕˋ

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

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