电灯泡点烟，不燃電燈泡點煙，不燃電燈泡點煙，不燃

lighting a cigarette on a light bulb: it won't burn

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Means 'not so'; used to deny or disagree with a statement.
Wordplay: 燃 (rán, burn) stands in for 然 (rán, so, thus), so 'doesn't burn' sounds like 'isn't so'.

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Simplified: 电灯泡点烟，不燃
Traditional (Taiwan): 電燈泡點煙，不燃
Pinyin: diàndēngpào diǎnyān, bù rán
Bopomofo: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄥㄆㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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