狗熊掰玉米,瞎忙 狗熊掰玉米,瞎忙 狗熊掰玉米,瞎忙

a bear breaking off corn: busy for nothing

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Describes someone who is busy but gets nothing done, like a bear dropping each cob as it takes the next.
Simplified
狗熊掰玉米,瞎忙
Pinyin
gǒuxióng bāi yùmǐ, xiāmáng
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ㄍㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄞ ㄩˋ ㄇㄧˇ,ㄒㄧㄚ ㄇㄤˊ

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

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