盐店掌柜的,专管咸事鹽店掌櫃的,專管鹹事鹽店掌櫃的,專管鹹事

a salt-shop owner: handles only "xián" business (salty / idle)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who meddles in matters that are none of their business or are trivial.
Wordplay: 咸 (xián, salty) is written for 闲 (xián, idle, irrelevant); "salty affairs" puns on "idle affairs".

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Simplified: 盐店掌柜的,专管咸事
Traditional (Taiwan): 鹽店掌櫃的,專管鹹事
Pinyin: yándiàn zhǎngguìde,zhuānguǎn Xián shì
Bopomofo: ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄉㄜ,ㄓㄨㄢㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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