理发师的徒弟，从头学起理髮師的徒弟，從頭學起理髮師的徒弟，從頭學起

the barber's apprentice: learns starting from the head

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Said of someone who has to start learning from the very beginning, from the most basic level.
Wordplay: 头 (tóu, 'head') is written for 头儿 (tóur, 'beginning/start'), which sound alike; the apprentice literally starts on the head, and also starts from scratch.

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Simplified: 理发师的徒弟，从头学起
Traditional (Taiwan): 理髮師的徒弟，從頭學起
Pinyin: lǐfàshī de túdì, cóngtóu xué qǐ
Bopomofo: ㄌㄧˇ ㄈㄚˋ ㄕ ˙ㄉㄜㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ，ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄑㄧˇ

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

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