毛驴不带笼嘴套，占了嘴的便宜也吃了嘴的亏毛驢不帶籠嘴套，佔了嘴的便宜也吃了嘴的虧毛驢不帶籠嘴套，佔了嘴的便宜也吃了嘴的虧

a donkey without a muzzle: gains from its mouth and loses by its mouth

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone who brags or talks carelessly and brings trouble on themselves.
Wordplay: 嘴 (zuǐ) means both the mouth that eats and the mouth that talks.

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Simplified: 毛驴不带笼嘴套，占了嘴的便宜也吃了嘴的亏
Traditional (Taiwan): 毛驢不帶籠嘴套，佔了嘴的便宜也吃了嘴的虧
Pinyin: máolǘ bú dài lóngzuǐ tào, zhànle zuǐ de piányi yě chīle zuǐ de kuī
Bopomofo: ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄩˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄠˋ，ㄓㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄗㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧㄧㄝˇ ㄔ ˙ㄌㄜㄗㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄎㄨㄟ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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