戴着眼镜看戏，隔一层戴著眼鏡看戲，隔一層戴着眼鏡看戲，隔一層

watching an opera through glasses: a layer in between

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when there is an emotional or mental distance between people, so they do not truly understand or connect with each other.
Wordplay: "隔一层" (gé yī céng) means literally a lens in between, and figuratively a barrier in feeling.

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Simplified: 戴着眼镜看戏，隔一层
Traditional (Taiwan): 戴著眼鏡看戲，隔一層
Traditional (Hong Kong): 戴着眼鏡看戲，隔一層
Pinyin: dàizhe yǎnjìng kànxì, gé yìcéng
Bopomofo: ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄓㄜㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ，ㄍㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄘㄥˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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