屎壳郎戴花，臭美屎殼郎戴花，臭美屎殼郎戴花，臭美

a dung beetle wearing a flower: stinking beauty

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: Mocks someone who is vain and shows off, only to get a poor reaction. Teasing or scornful.
Wordplay: 臭美 (chòuměi) combines 臭 'stinking' with 美 'beautiful', and means smugly vain.

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Simplified: 屎壳郎戴花，臭美
Traditional (Taiwan): 屎殼郎戴花，臭美
Pinyin: shǐkélàng dài huā, chòuměi
Bopomofo: ㄕˇ ㄎㄜˊ ㄌㄤˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚ，ㄔㄡˋ ㄇㄟˇ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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