石灰浆写文章，尽是白字儿石灰漿寫文章，盡是白字兒石灰漿寫文章，盡是白字兒

writing an essay in lime wash: all white characters

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes writing or reading full of wrong characters. Mocking of careless or illiterate writing.
Wordplay: 白 (bái) means 'white', the colour of lime, and also 'wrong' as in 白字 (a miswritten or mispronounced character).

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Simplified: 石灰浆写文章，尽是白字儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 石灰漿寫文章，盡是白字兒
Pinyin: shíhuī jiāng xiě wénzhāng, jìn shì báizì ér
Bopomofo: ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄟㄐㄧㄤㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ，ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄗˋ ㄦˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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