歪嘴吹灯，一股斜气歪嘴吹燈，一股斜氣歪嘴吹燈，一股斜氣

blowing out a lamp with a crooked mouth: a slanting (evil) draught

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: mocks disability

Meaning: Mocks someone who uses crooked, underhand methods.
Wordplay: 斜 (xié, slanted) is used for 邪 (xié, evil); a crooked mouth blows the air at a slant, and 邪气 means an evil air.

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Simplified: 歪嘴吹灯，一股斜气
Traditional (Taiwan): 歪嘴吹燈，一股斜氣
Pinyin: wāizuǐ chuīdēng, yìgǔ xié qì
Bopomofo: ㄨㄞㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄨㄟㄉㄥ，ㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄑㄧˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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