孔夫子搬家,净是书孔夫子搬家,淨是書孔夫子搬家,淨是書

Confucius moving house: nothing but books (losses)

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Said humorously of someone who keeps losing, in games or contests, and never wins.
Wordplay: 书 (shū, books) sounds like 输 (shū, lose); Confucius's belongings are all books, so 'all books' sounds like 'all losses'.

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Simplified: 孔夫子搬家,净是书
Traditional (Taiwan): 孔夫子搬家,淨是書
Pinyin: Kǒngfūzǐ bānjiā,jìng shì shū
Bopomofo: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨㄗˇ ㄅㄢㄐㄧㄚ,ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄨ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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