当了衣服买肉吃，顾嘴不顾身當了衣服買肉吃，顧嘴不顧身當了衣服買肉吃，顧嘴不顧身

pawn clothes to buy meat: care for the mouth, not the body

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: A variant of the wine version: living for immediate pleasure and neglecting what matters in the long term.

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Simplified: 当了衣服买肉吃，顾嘴不顾身
Traditional (Taiwan): 當了衣服買肉吃，顧嘴不顧身
Pinyin: dàng le yīfu mǎi ròu chī, gùzuǐ búgù shēn
Pinyin (Taiwan): dāng le yīfu mǎi ròu chī, gùzuǐ búgù shēn
Bopomofo: ㄉㄤ ˙ㄌㄜㄧ ˙ㄈㄨㄇㄞˇ ㄖㄡˋ ㄔ，ㄍㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ ㄕㄣ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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