狗熊耍扁担，混碗饭吃狗熊耍扁擔，混碗飯吃狗熊耍扁擔，混碗飯吃

a performing bear juggling a carrying pole: just getting a bowl of rice to eat

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone who works or holds a job only to scrape a living, without any ambition or real commitment. Mildly self-deprecating or dismissive.

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Simplified: 狗熊耍扁担，混碗饭吃
Traditional (Taiwan): 狗熊耍扁擔，混碗飯吃
Pinyin: gǒuxióng shuǎ biǎndan, hùn wǎn fàn chī
Bopomofo: ㄍㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄅㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄉㄢ，ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄨㄢˇ ㄈㄢˋ ㄔ

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

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