对着砚台梳妆，没影子對著硯臺梳妝，沒影子對着硯台梳妝，沒影子

doing one's make-up facing an inkstone: no reflection

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says something or someone does not exist at all; there is no trace of it.
Wordplay: 没影子 (méi yǐngzi) is literal, since the black inkstone gives no reflection, and figurative, meaning 'nothing there at all'.

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Simplified: 对着砚台梳妆，没影子
Traditional (Taiwan): 對著硯臺梳妝，沒影子
Traditional (Hong Kong): 對着硯台梳妝，沒影子
Pinyin: duì zhe yàntāi shūzhuāng, méi yǐngzi
Bopomofo: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄓㄜㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄞㄕㄨㄓㄨㄤ，ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄥˇ ˙ㄗ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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