坟地里的夜猫子,不是好鸟儿 墳地里的夜貓子,不是好鳥兒 墳地里的夜貓子,不是好鳥兒

a night cat (owl) in a graveyard: not a good bird

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
A variant of the owl-in-a-graveyard saying. It says that someone is a bad sort, with a critical, insulting tone.
Simplified
坟地里的夜猫子,不是好鸟儿
Traditional (Taiwan)
墳地里的夜貓子,不是好鳥兒
Pinyin
féndì lǐ de yèmāozi,bú shì hǎo niǎor
Bopomofo
ㄈㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ,ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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