猪八戒的脊梁,悟能之背 豬八戒的脊梁,悟能之背 豬八戒的脊樑,悟能之背

Pigsy's back: the back of Wuneng

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes a person with no ability; a worthless sort. Mocking.
Wordplay
悟能 (Wùnéng) is Pigsy's Buddhist name and sounds like 无能 (wúnéng, incompetent); 背 (bèi, back) sounds like 辈 (bèi, sort/generation).
Simplified
猪八戒的脊梁,悟能之背
Traditional (Taiwan)
豬八戒的脊梁,悟能之背
Traditional (Hong Kong)
豬八戒的脊樑,悟能之背
Pinyin
zhūbājiè de jǐliáng, Wùnéng zhī bèi
Bopomofo
ㄓㄨ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ,ㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄓ ㄅㄟˋ

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

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