染布师傅，拿不出手染布師傅，拿不出手染布師傅，拿不出手

a cloth dyer: can't show his hands

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes something with a flaw that one is embarrassed to show to others.
Wordplay: 拿不出手 (ná bù chū shǒu) literally means can't bring out the hands, and figuratively means too poor to present.

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Simplified: 染布师傅，拿不出手
Traditional (Taiwan): 染布師傅，拿不出手
Pinyin: rǎnbù shīfu, nábùchūshǒu
Bopomofo: ㄖㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕ ˙ㄈㄨ，ㄋㄚˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄕㄡˇ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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师(shī)傅(fu)master

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