寿星老儿吃砒霜，活得不耐烦了壽星老兒吃砒霜，活得不耐煩了壽星老兒吃砒霜，活得不耐煩了

the old God of Longevity eats arsenic: tired of living

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone who is taking foolish, dangerous risks, as if they want to die. Scolding or mocking.
Wordplay: The line is a literal joke: a figure of long life poisoning himself, hence 'sick of being alive' (活得不耐烦).

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Simplified: 寿星老儿吃砒霜，活得不耐烦了
Traditional (Taiwan): 壽星老兒吃砒霜，活得不耐煩了
Pinyin: shòuxīnglǎor chī pīshuāng, huódebúnàifán le
Bopomofo: ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄌㄠˇㄦㄔㄆㄧㄕㄨㄤ，ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄅㄨˊ ㄋㄞˋ ㄈㄢˊ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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