猫咬猪尿泡,空欢喜 貓咬豬尿泡,空歡喜 貓咬豬尿泡,空歡喜

a cat bites a pig's bladder: joy for nothing

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Describes effort spent chasing a gain that comes to nothing; false hope.
Simplified
猫咬猪尿泡,空欢喜
Traditional (Taiwan)
貓咬豬尿泡,空歡喜
Pinyin
māo yǎo zhūsuīpao, kōnghuānxǐ
Bopomofo
ㄇㄠ ㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄨ ㄙㄨㄟ ˙ㄆㄠ,ㄎㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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