孔夫子打哈欠,满嘴文气孔夫子打哈欠,滿嘴文氣孔夫子打哈欠,滿嘴文氣

Confucius yawning: a mouthful of literary air

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who always talks in a stiff, bookish way. Gently mocking.
Wordplay: 气 (qì) means both 'breath, smell' and 'manner, habit'; the yawn gives out literary breath, and the speaker has literary mannerisms.

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Simplified: 孔夫子打哈欠,满嘴文气
Traditional (Taiwan): 孔夫子打哈欠,滿嘴文氣
Pinyin: Kǒngfūzǐ dǎhāqian,mǎnzuǐ wénqì
Bopomofo: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨㄗˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ,ㄇㄢˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄧˋ

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