瓜子儿皮喂牲口，不是好料瓜子兒皮餵牲口，不是好料瓜子兒皮餵牲口，不是好料

feeding melon-seed husks to livestock: not good feed

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: An insult saying someone is no good.
Wordplay: 料 (liào) means animal feed and also 'material', as in the sort of person someone is.

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Simplified: 瓜子儿皮喂牲口，不是好料
Traditional (Taiwan): 瓜子兒皮餵牲口，不是好料
Pinyin: guāzir pí wèi shēngkou, bú shì hǎo liào
Bopomofo: ㄍㄨㄚ ˙ㄗㄦㄆㄧˊ ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ˙ㄎㄡ，ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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