电线杆子上挂灯笼，有明的光棍儿電線杆子上掛燈籠，有明的光棍兒電線杆子上掛燈籠，有明的光棍兒

hanging a lantern on a utility pole: a famous bare pole

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: A well-known bachelor. Joking, sometimes teasing.
Wordplay: 明 (míng, bright) sounds like 名 (míng, famous); 光棍儿 (guānggùnr) means both a bare pole and a bachelor.

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Simplified: 电线杆子上挂灯笼，有明的光棍儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 電線杆子上掛燈籠，有明的光棍兒
Pinyin: diànxiàngān zǐ shàng guà dēnglóng, yǒu míng de guānggùnr
Bopomofo: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄢㄗˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄥㄌㄨㄥˊ，ㄧㄡˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄍㄨㄤㄍㄨㄣˋㄦ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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