电线杆子上晒衣服，架子不小電線杆子上曬衣服，架子不小電線杆子上曬衣服，架子不小

drying clothes on a utility pole: quite a frame

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who acts very self-important and gives themselves airs.
Wordplay: 架子 (jiàzi) means both a frame or rack and a haughty manner.

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Simplified: 电线杆子上晒衣服，架子不小
Traditional (Taiwan): 電線杆子上曬衣服，架子不小
Pinyin: diànxiàngān zi shang shài yīfu, jiàzi bù xiǎo
Pinyin (Taiwan): diànxiàngān zǐ shàng shài yīfu, jiàzi bù xiǎo
Bopomofo: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄢㄗˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄞˋ ㄧ ˙ㄈㄨ，ㄐㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

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

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