旗杆上挂剪刀，高裁旗杆上掛剪刀，高裁旗杆上掛剪刀，高裁

hanging scissors on a flagpole: high cutting

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Someone of great talent; sometimes said sarcastically of someone who thinks themselves so.
Wordplay: 裁 (cái, to cut) sounds like 才 (cái, talent), so 'cutting high' means 'high talent'.

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Simplified: 旗杆上挂剪刀，高裁
Traditional (Taiwan): 旗杆上掛剪刀，高裁
Pinyin: qígān shàng guà jiǎndāo, gāo cái
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄢㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄠ，ㄍㄠㄘㄞˊ

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

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