癞蛤蟆打哈欠,好大的口气癩蛤蟆打哈欠,好大的口氣癩蛤蟆打哈欠,好大的口氣

A toad yawning: what a big breath

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Mocks someone who talks big.
Wordplay: 口气 kǒuqì means both breath from the mouth and tone of speech, so 'big breath' also means 'boastful talk'.

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Simplified: 癞蛤蟆打哈欠,好大的口气
Traditional (Taiwan): 癩蛤蟆打哈欠,好大的口氣
Pinyin: làiháma dǎhāqian,hǎo dà de kǒuqì
Bopomofo: ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ,ㄏㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧˋ

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

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