屎壳郎爬秤盘子,不知道自己有多大分量 屎殼郎爬秤盤子,不知道自己有多大分量 屎殼郎爬秤盤子,不知道自己有多大分量

a dung beetle climbing on a scale pan: doesn't know how much weight it has

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning
Mocks someone who exaggerates the importance of their words and deeds and thinks too much of themselves.
Wordplay
分量 (fènliàng) means physical weight and also the weight or worth of one's words and actions.
Simplified
屎壳郎爬秤盘子,不知道自己有多大分量
Traditional (Taiwan)
屎殼郎爬秤盤子,不知道自己有多大分量
Pinyin
shǐkélàng pá chèngpánzi, bù zhīdào zìjǐ yǒu duō dà fènliàng
Bopomofo
ㄕˇ ㄎㄜˊ ㄌㄤˋ ㄆㄚˊ ㄔㄥˋ ㄆㄢˊ ˙ㄗ,ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ

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

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