猫钻煤球炉子，碰一鼻子灰貓鑽煤球爐子，碰一鼻子灰貓鑽煤球爐子，碰一鼻子灰

a cat sticks its head in a coal-ball stove: bumps its nose into ash

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: To be rebuffed or scolded; to meet with a rejection. Like 'get a cold shoulder'.
Wordplay: 碰一鼻子灰 literally means getting ash on one's nose, and figuratively being snubbed.

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Simplified: 猫钻煤球炉子，碰一鼻子灰
Traditional (Taiwan): 貓鑽煤球爐子，碰一鼻子灰
Pinyin: māo zuān méiqiú lúzi, pèngyìbízihuī
Bopomofo: ㄇㄠㄗㄨㄢㄇㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄨˊ ˙ㄗ，ㄆㄥˋ ㄧˋ ㄅㄧˊ ˙ㄗㄏㄨㄟ

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

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