尼姑捡梳子，空喜欢了一场尼姑撿梳子，空喜歡了一場尼姑撿梳子，空喜歡了一場

a nun finds a comb: happy for nothing

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes a joy that turns out to be pointless, as the thing is of no use to you.

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Simplified: 尼姑捡梳子，空喜欢了一场
Traditional (Taiwan): 尼姑撿梳子，空喜歡了一場
Pinyin: nígū jiǎn shūzi, kōng xǐhuanle yìcháng
Bopomofo: ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨ ˙ㄗ，ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄧˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄢ ˙ㄌㄜㄧˋ ㄔㄤˊ

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

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