机关枪打皮球，给你消消气機關槍打皮球，給你消消氣機關槍打皮球，給你消消氣

a machine gun shooting a rubber ball: let the air out of you

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said humorously to someone angry, as a way of calming them down.
Wordplay: 气 (qì) means both the air in the ball and anger, so 'deflating' also means 'calming your temper'.

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Simplified: 机关枪打皮球，给你消消气
Traditional (Taiwan): 機關槍打皮球，給你消消氣
Pinyin: jīguānqiāng dǎ píqiú, gěi nǐ xiāoxiāo qì
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄍㄨㄢㄑㄧㄤㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ，ㄍㄟˇ ㄋㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠㄒㄧㄠㄑㄧˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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