狗掀门帘子，全凭嘴的功夫狗掀門簾子，全憑嘴的功夫狗掀門簾子，全憑嘴的功夫

a dog lifting the door curtain: it all depends on the mouth

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone with no real ability who gets by only on a glib tongue.
Wordplay: 嘴 (zuǐ) is both the mouth the dog uses to lift the curtain and the talking a person does.

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Simplified: 狗掀门帘子，全凭嘴的功夫
Traditional (Taiwan): 狗掀門簾子，全憑嘴的功夫
Pinyin: gǒu xiān mén liánzi, quán píng zuǐ de gōngfu
Bopomofo: ㄍㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢㄇㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄗ，ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ

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

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