武大郎打虎，没长下那个拳头武大郎打虎，沒長下那個拳頭武大郎打虎，沒長下那個拳頭

Wu Dalang fighting a tiger: he hasn't grown that kind of fist

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who lacks the ability to do the job. Wu Dalang is the weak brother of the tiger-slaying hero Wu Song in Water Margin.

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Simplified: 武大郎打虎，没长下那个拳头
Traditional (Taiwan): 武大郎打虎，沒長下那個拳頭
Pinyin: wǔ dà láng dǎ hǔ, méi zhǎng xià nàge quántou
Bopomofo: ㄨˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ，ㄇㄟˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ ˙ㄍㄜㄑㄩㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

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

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