帽子破了边儿，顶好帽子破了邊兒，頂好帽子破了邊兒，頂好

a hat whose brim is torn: top is good

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Means 'the very best', said humorously.
Wordplay: 顶 (dǐng) is the top of a hat, and also the adverb 'most', so 顶好 means 'topmost good' and 'the best'.

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Simplified: 帽子破了边儿，顶好
Traditional (Taiwan): 帽子破了邊兒，頂好
Pinyin: màozi pòle biānr, dǐng hǎo
Bopomofo: ㄇㄠˋ ˙ㄗㄆㄛˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄅㄧㄢㄦ，ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄠˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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