外甥打灯笼，照舅外甥打燈籠，照舅外甥打燈籠，照舅

a nephew carrying a lantern: shines on his uncle (as before)

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Things stay just as they were.
Wordplay: 舅 (jiù, maternal uncle) is used for 旧 (jiù, old); 照 means both to shine on and to follow, so 照旧 means 'as before'.

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Simplified: 外甥打灯笼，照舅
Traditional (Taiwan): 外甥打燈籠，照舅
Pinyin: wàishēng dǎdēnglóng, zhào jiù
Bopomofo: ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄥㄌㄨㄥˊ，ㄓㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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