大槐树上挂电灯,四方有明大槐樹上掛電燈,四方有明大槐樹上掛電燈,四方有明

hanging an electric light on a big locust tree: bright in all four directions

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone or something famous everywhere.
Wordplay: 明 (míng, bright) puns on 名 (míng, fame), a perfect homophone.

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Simplified: 大槐树上挂电灯,四方有明
Traditional (Taiwan): 大槐樹上掛電燈,四方有明
Pinyin: dà huáishù shàng guà diàndēng,sìfāng yǒu míng
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄥ,ㄙˋ ㄈㄤㄧㄡˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

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

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