没秤锤的秤，到哪里都翘尾巴沒秤錘的秤，到哪裡都翹尾巴沒秤錘的秤，到哪裏都翹尾巴

a scale with no weight: its tail sticks up wherever it goes

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who is arrogant wherever they go.
Wordplay: 翘尾巴 (qiào wěiba) means both the scale beam tilting up and a person being arrogant.

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Simplified: 没秤锤的秤，到哪里都翘尾巴
Traditional (Taiwan): 沒秤錘的秤，到哪裡都翹尾巴
Traditional (Hong Kong): 沒秤錘的秤，到哪裏都翹尾巴
Pinyin: méi chèngchuí de chèng, dào nǎli dōu qiàowěiba
Bopomofo: ㄇㄟˊ ㄔㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄔㄥˋ，ㄉㄠˋ ㄋㄚˇ ˙ㄌㄧㄉㄡㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄅㄚ

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

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