瞎子不叫瞎子,盲人瞎子不叫瞎子,盲人瞎子不叫瞎子,盲人

a blind man isn't called a 'blind man' but a 'sightless person'

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: mocks disability

Meaning: Said of someone who is busy all day long. Humorous.
Wordplay: 盲 (máng, blind) sounds like 忙 (máng, busy), so 'sightless person' reads as 'busy person'.

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Simplified: 瞎子不叫瞎子,盲人
Pinyin: xiāzi bú jiào xiāzi,mángrén
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄚ ˙ㄗㄅㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄚ ˙ㄗ,ㄇㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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