大和尚给小和尚捉虱子,一个庙里的虱大和尚給小和尚捉蝨子,一個廟里的蝨大和尚給小和尚捉蝨子,一個廟里的蝨

a senior monk picking lice off a junior monk: lice from one temple

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says a matter is internal to one group and nobody else's business.
Wordplay: 虱 (shī, lice) puns on 事 (shì, affairs), so "one temple's lice" sounds like "one temple's business".

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Simplified: 大和尚给小和尚捉虱子,一个庙里的虱
Traditional (Taiwan): 大和尚給小和尚捉蝨子,一個廟里的蝨
Pinyin: dà héshang gěi xiǎo héshang zhuō shīzi,yí gè miào lǐ de shī
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤㄍㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤㄓㄨㄛㄕ ˙ㄗ,ㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄕ

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

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