武大郎卖烧饼，迟出早归武大郎賣燒餅，遲出早歸武大郎賣燒餅，遲出早歸

Wu Dalang selling sesame cakes: goes out late and comes home early

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone lazy who starts work late and quits early. In Water Margin Wu Song told his brother to do this to avoid trouble.

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Simplified: 武大郎卖烧饼，迟出早归
Traditional (Taiwan): 武大郎賣燒餅，遲出早歸
Pinyin: wǔ dà láng mài shāobing, chí chū zǎo guī
Bopomofo: ㄨˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄤˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄕㄠ ˙ㄅㄧㄥ，ㄔˊ ㄔㄨㄗㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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