屎壳郎插鸡毛，你算个什么鸟屎殼郎插雞毛，你算個什麼鳥屎殼郎插雞毛，你算個什麼鳥

a dung beetle stuck with chicken feathers: what kind of bird do you think you are?

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: A rhetorical put-down for someone who overrates themselves and does not know how others see them. Mocking and rude.

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Simplified: 屎壳郎插鸡毛，你算个什么鸟
Traditional (Taiwan): 屎殼郎插雞毛，你算個什麼鳥
Pinyin: shǐkélàng chā jīmáo, nǐ suàn ge shénme niǎo
Pinyin (Taiwan): shǐkélàng chā jīmáo, nǐ suàn gè shénme niǎo
Bopomofo: ㄕˇ ㄎㄜˊ ㄌㄤˋ ㄔㄚㄐㄧㄇㄠˊ，ㄋㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄜˋ ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜㄋㄧㄠˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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