戴着斗笠亲嘴儿，差着一帽子戴著斗笠親嘴兒，差著一帽子戴着斗笠親嘴兒，差着一帽子

kissing while wearing a bamboo rain hat: a whole hat's width short

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of two sides, positions or levels that are still quite far apart. Humorous.
Wordplay: The wide hat brim keeps the lips apart; "差着一帽子" (chàzhe yī màozi) literally means a hat's distance short, and figuratively means a big gap.

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Simplified: 戴着斗笠亲嘴儿，差着一帽子
Traditional (Taiwan): 戴著斗笠親嘴兒，差著一帽子
Traditional (Hong Kong): 戴着斗笠親嘴兒，差着一帽子
Pinyin: dàizhe dǒulì qīn zuǐr, chàzhe yí màozi
Bopomofo: ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄓㄜㄉㄡˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄣㄗㄨㄟˇㄦ，ㄔㄚˋ ˙ㄓㄜㄧˊ ㄇㄠˋ ˙ㄗ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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