怀里揣琵琶,弹心懷裡揣琵琶,彈心懷裏揣琵琶,彈心

carrying a pipa in one's bosom: plucks (talks) heart

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of people having a heart-to-heart talk. Warm, light.
Wordplay: 弹 (tán, to pluck) puns on 谈 (tán, to talk), so 弹心 sounds like 谈心 'have a heart-to-heart'.

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Simplified: 怀里揣琵琶,弹心
Traditional (Taiwan): 懷裡揣琵琶,彈心
Traditional (Hong Kong): 懷裏揣琵琶,彈心
Pinyin: huáilǐ chuǎi pípa,dàn xīn
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄞˇ ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄆㄚ,ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

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

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