属卖糖人儿的，吹得凶屬賣糖人兒的，吹得兇屬賣糖人兒的，吹得兇

born a sugar-figure seller: blows hard

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who boasts and exaggerates wildly.
Wordplay: 吹 (chuī) means both to blow, as the seller shapes sugar, and to brag.

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Simplified: 属卖糖人儿的，吹得凶
Traditional (Taiwan): 屬賣糖人兒的，吹得兇
Pinyin: shǔ mài tángrénr de, chuī de xiōng
Bopomofo: ㄕㄨˇ ㄇㄞˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊㄦ ˙ㄉㄜ，ㄔㄨㄟ ˙ㄉㄜㄒㄩㄥ

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

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