大风吹倒梧桐树,自有旁人说短长 大風吹倒梧桐樹,自有旁人說短長 大風吹倒梧桐樹,自有旁人説短長

when a gale topples the parasol tree, bystanders will have their say

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
When something unusual happens, people will gossip about it.
Simplified
大风吹倒梧桐树,自有旁人说短长
Traditional (Taiwan)
大風吹倒梧桐樹,自有旁人說短長
Traditional (Hong Kong)
大風吹倒梧桐樹,自有旁人説短長
Pinyin
dàfēngchuī dǎo wútóng shù, zìyǒu pángrén shuō duǎncháng
Pinyin (Taiwan)
dàfēngchuī dào wútóng shù, zìyǒu pángrén shuō duǎncháng
Bopomofo
ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄥ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄉㄠˋ ㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨˋ,ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄆㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄤˊ

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

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