棉花卷儿打锣,没音 棉花卷兒打鑼,沒音 棉花卷兒打鑼,沒音

beating a gong with a roll of cotton: no sound

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
No news or reply has come back; or someone stays silent.
Wordplay
音 yīn means both 'sound' and 'news, reply'.
Simplified
棉花卷儿打锣,没音
Traditional (Taiwan)
棉花卷兒打鑼,沒音
Pinyin
miánhua juǎn ér dǎ luó, méi yīn
Bopomofo
ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄩㄢˇ ㄦˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄛˊ,ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄣ

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

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