山坡上烤火，就地取柴
山坡上烤火，就地取柴
山坡上烤火，就地取柴
warming oneself by a fire on a hillside: taking firewood (material) on the spot
Saying俗语俗語
Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now
- Meaning
- Use what is at hand locally, whether materials or talent.
- Wordplay
- 柴 (chái, firewood) puns on 材 (cái, material or talent): gathering firewood on the spot, and also drawing materials or people from the place itself.
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- Simplified
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山坡上烤火，就地取柴
- Pinyin
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shānpō shàng kǎohuǒ, jiù de qǔ chái
- Bopomofo
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ㄕㄢ ㄆㄛ ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ，ㄐㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄞˊ
Written with
HSK 6 vocabulary,
at CEFR level
B2.
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