望乡台上打莲花落，不知死的鬼望鄉臺上打蓮花落，不知死的鬼望鄉台上打蓮花落，不知死的鬼

singing lotus-blossom ballads on the Terrace for Viewing Home: a ghost who doesn't know he's dead

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who doesn't realise they are in grave trouble and carries on carefree.

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Simplified: 望乡台上打莲花落，不知死的鬼
Traditional (Taiwan): 望鄉臺上打蓮花落，不知死的鬼
Traditional (Hong Kong): 望鄉台上打蓮花落，不知死的鬼
Pinyin: wàngxiāngtái shang dǎliánhuālào, bùzhī sǐ de guǐ
Pinyin (Taiwan): wàngxiāngtái shàng dǎliánhuālào, bùzhī sǐ de guǐ
Bopomofo: ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄊㄞˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄠˋ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄙˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄍㄨㄟˇ

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

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