房檐上种菜,无园房檐上種菜,無園房檐上種菜,無園

planting vegetables on the eaves: no garden

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when two people have no fated affinity, or no chance of a relationship.
Wordplay: 园 (yuán, garden) sounds the same as 缘 (yuán, fate/affinity); no garden means no 'yuan'.

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Simplified: 房檐上种菜,无园
Traditional (Taiwan): 房檐上種菜,無園
Pinyin: fángyán shàng zhòngcài,wú yuán
Bopomofo: ㄈㄤˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄘㄞˋ,ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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