才学理发就碰上大胡子，难剃才學理髮就碰上大鬍子，難剃才學理髮就碰上大鬍子，難剃

Just learning to cut hair and meeting a man with a big beard: hard to shave (hard question)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when a beginner hits a hard problem right at the start.
Wordplay: 剃 (tì, shave) sounds like 题 (tí, problem), so 'hard to shave' also means 'a hard problem'.

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Simplified: 才学理发就碰上大胡子，难剃
Traditional (Taiwan): 才學理髮就碰上大鬍子，難剃
Pinyin: cáixué lǐfà jiù pèngshàng dà húzi, nán tì
Bopomofo: ㄘㄞˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄈㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄥˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄗ，ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧˋ

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

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