有粉搽不到脸上，装人也不会装有粉搽不到臉上，裝人也不會裝有粉搽不到臉上，裝人也不會裝

has powder but can't put it on the face: can't even pretend to be a person

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who tries to put on a pretence but does it so badly that it fails to convince.
Wordplay: 装 (zhuāng) means both to dress up (applying powder) and to pretend (putting on an act).

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Simplified: 有粉搽不到脸上，装人也不会装
Traditional (Taiwan): 有粉搽不到臉上，裝人也不會裝
Pinyin: yǒu fěn chá búdào liǎnshàng, zhuāng rén yě búhuì zhuāng
Bopomofo: ㄧㄡˇ ㄈㄣˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ，ㄓㄨㄤㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄨㄤ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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