狗咬尿泡,空欢喜 狗咬尿泡,空歡喜 狗咬尿泡,空歡喜

a dog bites a bladder: empty joy

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Mocks someone who got happy for nothing because the hoped-for gain never came.
Simplified
狗咬尿泡,空欢喜
Traditional (Taiwan)
狗咬尿泡,空歡喜
Pinyin
gǒu yǎo suīpao, kōnghuānxǐ
Bopomofo
ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄨㄟ ˙ㄆㄠ,ㄎㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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