屎壳郎飞到烟袋锅儿上，要拱火儿屎殼郎飛到煙袋鍋兒上，要拱火兒屎殼郎飛到煙袋鍋兒上，要拱火兒

a dung beetle lands on a pipe bowl: wants to stir the fire

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: Scolds someone for deliberately provoking others into anger.
Wordplay: 火儿 (huǒr) means the fire in the pipe and also a person's temper.

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Simplified: 屎壳郎飞到烟袋锅儿上，要拱火儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 屎殼郎飛到煙袋鍋兒上，要拱火兒
Pinyin: shǐkélàng fēi dào yāndàiguō ér shàng, yào gǒng huǒr
Bopomofo: ㄕˇ ㄎㄜˊ ㄌㄤˋ ㄈㄟㄉㄠˋ ㄧㄢㄉㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛㄦˊ ㄕㄤˋ，ㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ

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

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