秀才见官，不跪秀才見官，不跪秀才見官，不跪

a scholar meeting an official: doesn't kneel

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says a price is not expensive. Humorous.
Wordplay: 跪 (guì, 'kneel') puns with 贵 (guì, 'expensive'), so 'doesn't kneel' sounds like 'not expensive'.

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Simplified: 秀才见官，不跪
Traditional (Taiwan): 秀才見官，不跪
Pinyin: xiùcai jiàn guān, bú guì
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄘㄞㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ，ㄅㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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