当了衣服买酒喝，顾嘴不顾身當了衣服買酒喝，顧嘴不顧身當了衣服買酒喝，顧嘴不顧身

pawn clothes to buy wine: 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: Said of someone who goes for short-term gratification at the cost of long-term wellbeing. Critical.

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Simplified: 当了衣服买酒喝，顾嘴不顾身
Traditional (Taiwan): 當了衣服買酒喝，顧嘴不顧身
Pinyin: dàng le yīfu mǎi jiǔ hē, gùzuǐ búgù shēn
Pinyin (Taiwan): dāng le yīfu mǎi jiǔ hē, gùzuǐ búgù shēn
Bopomofo: ㄉㄤ ˙ㄌㄜㄧ ˙ㄈㄨㄇㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄜ，ㄍㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ ㄕㄣ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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