点心铺里买棺材，上错门點心鋪里買棺材，上錯門點心鋪里買棺材，上錯門

buying a coffin in a pastry shop: going to the wrong door

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Going to the wrong place or person for something. Mocking.
Wordplay: 门 (mén) means both the shop's door and the right route or channel, so 'wrong door' also means the wrong approach.

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Simplified: 点心铺里买棺材，上错门
Traditional (Taiwan): 點心鋪里買棺材，上錯門
Pinyin: diǎnxin pù li mǎi guāncai, shàng cuò mén
Pinyin (Taiwan): diǎnxin pū lǐ mǎi guāncai, shàng cuò mén
Bopomofo: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄒㄧㄣㄆㄨㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞ，ㄕㄤˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄣˊ

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

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