秃子跟着月亮走，借光禿子跟著月亮走，借光禿子跟着月亮走，借光

a bald man walking along with the moon: borrowing light

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

May offend: mocks disability

Meaning: Means benefiting from someone else's success, status or connections. Often said lightly, sometimes with mild mockery.
Wordplay: 借光 (jièguāng) literally means borrowing light, but also means benefiting from another's advantage (also 'excuse me').

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Simplified: 秃子跟着月亮走，借光
Traditional (Taiwan): 禿子跟著月亮走，借光
Traditional (Hong Kong): 禿子跟着月亮走，借光
Pinyin: tūzi gēnzhe yuèliang zǒu, jièguāng
Bopomofo: ㄊㄨ ˙ㄗㄍㄣ ˙ㄓㄜㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄤㄗㄡˇ，ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄤ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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