张飞穿针，大眼儿瞪小眼儿張飛穿針，大眼兒瞪小眼兒張飛穿針，大眼兒瞪小眼兒

Zhang Fei threading a needle: big eye stares at small eye

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Describes people staring at one another in surprise or blankly, at a loss. Humorous.
Wordplay: 眼儿 (yǎnr) means the eye of a needle, and also an eye of a person.

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Simplified: 张飞穿针，大眼儿瞪小眼儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 張飛穿針，大眼兒瞪小眼兒
Pinyin: Zhāng Fēi chuānzhēn, dà yǎn ér dèng xiǎoyǎn ér
Bopomofo: ㄓㄤㄈㄟㄔㄨㄢㄓㄣ，ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄦˊ ㄉㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄦˊ

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

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