拄着拐棍打灯笼，明火执杖拄著拐棍打燈籠，明火執杖拄着拐棍打燈籠，明火執杖

leaning on a crutch while carrying a lantern: bright fire, holding a staff

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Doing wrong openly and brazenly with no fear of being seen. Critical.
Wordplay: 杖 (zhàng, staff) sounds like 仗 (zhàng, weapon), turning it into the idiom 明火执仗 'openly carrying fire and weapons'.

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Simplified: 拄着拐棍打灯笼，明火执杖
Traditional (Taiwan): 拄著拐棍打燈籠，明火執杖
Traditional (Hong Kong): 拄着拐棍打燈籠，明火執杖
Pinyin: zhǔzhe guǎigùn dǎdēnglóng, mínghuǒzhízhàng
Bopomofo: ㄓㄨˇ ˙ㄓㄜㄍㄨㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄥㄌㄨㄥˊ，ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓˊ ㄓㄤˋ

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

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