屎壳郎飞到车道沟里，充硬骨头屎殼郎飛到車道溝里，充硬骨頭屎殼郎飛到車道溝里，充硬骨頭

a dung beetle flies into a cart-rut: pretends to be a tough bone

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 pretends to be a hard, brave man when they are not.

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Simplified: 屎壳郎飞到车道沟里，充硬骨头
Traditional (Taiwan): 屎殼郎飛到車道溝里，充硬骨頭
Pinyin: shǐkélàng fēi dào chēdàogōu li, chōng yìnggǔtou
Pinyin (Taiwan): shǐkélàng fēi dào chēdàogōu lǐ, chōng yìnggútou
Bopomofo: ㄕˇ ㄎㄜˊ ㄌㄤˋ ㄈㄟㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄜㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄡㄌㄧˇ，ㄔㄨㄥㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

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

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