灯草打鼓,不响 燈草打鼓,不響 燈草打鼓,不響

beating a drum with rush pith: no sound

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes someone who keeps silent and says nothing.
Simplified
灯草打鼓,不响
Traditional (Taiwan)
燈草打鼓,不響
Pinyin
dēngcǎo dǎgǔ, bù xiǎng
Bopomofo
ㄉㄥ ㄘㄠˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ,ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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