盐店掌柜的,大咸人鹽店掌櫃的,大鹹人鹽店掌櫃的,大鹹人

a salt-shop owner: a big "xián" man (salty / idle)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone with nothing to do all day, an idler. Humorous.
Wordplay: 咸 (xián, salty) is written for 闲 (xián, idle); a salt seller is "salty", which sounds like "idle".

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Simplified: 盐店掌柜的,大咸人
Traditional (Taiwan): 鹽店掌櫃的,大鹹人
Pinyin: yándiàn zhǎngguìde,dà Xián rén
Bopomofo: ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄉㄜ,ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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