坏了根的茄子苗,不成个秧子壞了根的茄子苗,不成個秧子壞了根的茄子苗,不成個秧子

an eggplant seedling with a ruined root: doesn't make a proper seedling (shape)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Scolds a young person whose behaviour is disgraceful or unacceptable. Critical.
Wordplay: 秧 (yāng, seedling) is close in sound to 样 (yàng, appearance), so 不成个秧子 sounds like 不成个样子 'a disgrace'.

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Simplified: 坏了根的茄子苗,不成个秧子
Traditional (Taiwan): 壞了根的茄子苗,不成個秧子
Pinyin: huàile gēn de qiézi miáo,bùchéng gè yāngzi
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄍㄣ ˙ㄉㄜㄑㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗㄇㄧㄠˊ,ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄧㄤ ˙ㄗ

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

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