王奶奶和玉奶奶比武，差一点儿王奶奶和玉奶奶比武，差一點兒王奶奶和玉奶奶比武，差一點兒

Granny Wang and Granny Yu compete in martial arts: short by a dot

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when something falls just slightly short of another.
Wordplay: 点儿 (diǎnr) means both the dot stroke that distinguishes 玉 from 王 and "a little", so 差一点儿 reads as "short one dot" and "a bit short".

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Simplified: 王奶奶和玉奶奶比武，差一点儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 王奶奶和玉奶奶比武，差一點兒
Pinyin: Wáng nǎinai hé yù nǎinai bǐwǔ, chàyìdiǎnr
Pinyin (Taiwan): Wáng nǎinai hàn yù nǎinai bǐwǔ, chàyìdiǎnr
Bopomofo: ㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄞˇ ˙ㄋㄞㄏㄢˋ ㄩˋ ㄋㄞˇ ˙ㄋㄞㄅㄧˇ ㄨˇ，ㄔㄚˋ ㄧˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇㄦ

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

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