猪八戒摔耙子，不侍猴儿豬八戒摔耙子，不侍猴兒豬八戒摔耙子，不侍猴兒

Pigsy throws down his rake: won't wait on the monkey

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says someone has thrown up the job and will no longer serve or run errands for another. Humorous.
Wordplay: 猴儿 (hóur, monkey, i.e. Sun Wukong) sounds like 候 (hòu, wait on), so 不侍猴儿 reads as 'won't attend to'.

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Simplified: 猪八戒摔耙子，不侍猴儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 豬八戒摔耙子，不侍猴兒
Pinyin: zhūbājiè shuāi pázi, bú shì hóur
Bopomofo: ㄓㄨㄅㄚㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄨㄞㄆㄚˊ ˙ㄗ，ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄏㄡˊㄦ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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