白萝卜扎刀子，不出血白蘿蔔扎刀子，不出血白蘿蔔扎刀子，不出血

stab a white radish with a knife: no blood comes out

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Mocks a stingy person who won't spend any money.
Wordplay: 出血 (chū xiě) means literally to bleed, and figuratively to pay out money.

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Simplified: 白萝卜扎刀子，不出血
Traditional (Taiwan): 白蘿蔔扎刀子，不出血
Pinyin: báiluóbo zhā dāozi, bù chūxiě
Bopomofo: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛㄓㄚㄉㄠ ˙ㄗ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄒㄧㄝˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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