搭戏台卖豆腐,买卖不大,架子不小搭戲臺賣豆腐,買賣不大,架子不小搭戲台賣豆腐,買賣不大,架子不小

building a stage to sell tofu: small business, big frame

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone of little ability who puts on great airs.
Wordplay: 架子 (jiàzi) means both the stage frame and 'airs, pretentious manner'.

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Simplified: 搭戏台卖豆腐,买卖不大,架子不小
Traditional (Taiwan): 搭戲臺賣豆腐,買賣不大,架子不小
Traditional (Hong Kong): 搭戲台賣豆腐,買賣不大,架子不小
Pinyin: dā xìtái mài dòufu,mǎimai bú dà,jiàzi bù xiǎo
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚㄒㄧˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ,ㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄇㄞㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄚˋ,ㄐㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

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

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