坟头上耍大刀,吓鬼墳頭上耍大刀,嚇鬼墳頭上耍大刀,嚇鬼

brandishing a big sword on a grave mound: scaring ghosts

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone whose show of strength is unimpressive, since it could only frighten ghosts and not real people. Used scornfully about empty bluster.

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Simplified: 坟头上耍大刀,吓鬼
Traditional (Taiwan): 墳頭上耍大刀,嚇鬼
Pinyin: féntóu shang shuǎ dàdāo,xià guǐ
Pinyin (Taiwan): féntóu shàng shuǎ dàdāo,xià guǐ
Bopomofo: ㄈㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠ,ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

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

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