炮仗掉进河里，没响炮仗掉進河里，沒響炮仗掉進河里，沒響

a firecracker falls into the river: no bang

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Means there is nothing to hope for, or that someone hasn't thought of it. Humorous.
Wordplay: 响 (xiǎng, 'bang, sound') sounds the same as 想 (xiǎng, 'think, hope'), so 'no bang' also reads as 'no thought, no hope'.

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Simplified: 炮仗掉进河里，没响
Traditional (Taiwan): 炮仗掉進河里，沒響
Pinyin: pàozhang diào jìn hé lǐ, méi xiǎng
Bopomofo: ㄆㄠˋ ˙ㄓㄤㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ，ㄇㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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