打铁烤煳了裤裆,没看火候打鐵烤煳了褲襠,沒看火候打鐵烤煳了褲襠,沒看火候

while forging iron, scorched the seat of his trousers: didn't watch the heat

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone who speaks or acts without judging the right moment and cannot adapt to circumstances. Mocking.
Wordplay: 火候 (huǒhou) means both the heat level/timing of a fire and the critical right moment for action.

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Simplified: 打铁烤煳了裤裆,没看火候
Traditional (Taiwan): 打鐵烤煳了褲襠,沒看火候
Pinyin: dǎtiě kǎo húle kùdāng,méi kàn huǒhou
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄎㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄜㄎㄨˋ ㄉㄤ,ㄇㄟˊ ㄎㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄏㄡ

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

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