水仙不开花，装蒜水仙不開花，裝蒜水仙不開花，裝蒜

a narcissus that doesn't bloom: pretending to be garlic

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Said of someone pretending not to know or understand. Mocking.
Wordplay: 装蒜 (zhuāngsuàn) literally means "pretend to be garlic", which a non-flowering narcissus bulb resembles, and also means "act dumb".

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Simplified: 水仙不开花，装蒜
Traditional (Taiwan): 水仙不開花，裝蒜
Pinyin: shuǐxiān bù kāihuā, zhuāngsuàn
Bopomofo: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄚ，ㄓㄨㄤㄙㄨㄢˋ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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