打灯笼走亲戚,明来明去打燈籠走親戚,明來明去打燈籠走親戚,明來明去

visiting relatives with a lantern: coming and going in the light

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Doing things openly and aboveboard.
Wordplay: 明 (míng) means both 'bright' and 'open, public'.

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Simplified: 打灯笼走亲戚,明来明去
Traditional (Taiwan): 打燈籠走親戚,明來明去
Pinyin: dǎdēnglóng zǒuqīnqi,míng lái míng qù
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄥㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄣ ˙ㄑㄧ,ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄩˋ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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