拉着胡子过河,牵须过渡 拉著鬍子過河,牽鬚過渡 拉着鬍子過河,牽鬚過渡

Pulling a beard to cross the river: leading the whisker across the ford

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes excessive modesty. Humorous and mildly mocking.
Wordplay
牵须过渡 qiān xū guòdù sounds like 谦虚过度 qiānxū guòdù, 'overly modest'.
Simplified
拉着胡子过河,牵须过渡
Traditional (Taiwan)
拉著鬍子過河,牽鬚過渡
Traditional (Hong Kong)
拉着鬍子過河,牽鬚過渡
Pinyin
lāzhe húzi guòhé,qiān xū guòdù
Bopomofo
ㄌㄚ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄗ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ,ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄩ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄨˋ

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

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