堂屋里挂草荐，不是画堂屋里掛草薦，不是畫堂屋里掛草薦，不是畫

Hanging a straw mattress in the main room: it's not a painting (words)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of words that are unreasonable or out of place.
Wordplay: 画 (huà, picture) stands for 话 (huà, speech): a straw mat hung up is not a picture, and what was said is not proper talk.

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Simplified: 堂屋里挂草荐，不是画
Traditional (Taiwan): 堂屋里掛草薦，不是畫
Pinyin: tángwū lǐ guà cǎojiàn, bú shì huà
Bopomofo: ㄊㄤˊ ㄨㄌㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ，ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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