没牙的老太婆啃骨头，靠舔沒牙的老太婆啃骨頭，靠舔沒牙的老太婆啃骨頭，靠舔

a toothless old woman gnawing a bone: relying on licking

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who gets by on flattery and sucking up to people.
Wordplay: 舔 (tiǎn) literally means to lick, and figuratively means to fawn on or flatter.

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Simplified: 没牙的老太婆啃骨头，靠舔
Traditional (Taiwan): 沒牙的老太婆啃骨頭，靠舔
Pinyin: méi yá de lǎotàipó kěngútou, kào tiǎn
Bopomofo: ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ ㄎㄣˇ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ，ㄎㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢˇ

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

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