棉花落在油缸里,一点儿声响都没有 棉花落在油缸里,一點兒聲響都沒有 棉花落在油缸里,一點兒聲響都沒有

cotton falling into an oil vat: not a sound at all

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Something is done in complete silence, without any noise or sign of activity.
Simplified
棉花落在油缸里,一点儿声响都没有
Traditional (Taiwan)
棉花落在油缸里,一點兒聲響都沒有
Pinyin
miánhua luò zài yóu gāng lǐ, yìdiǎnr shēngxiǎng dōu méiyǒu
Bopomofo
ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄤ ㄌㄧˇ,ㄧˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇㄦ ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄡ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ

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

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