空棺材出丧,木中无人空棺材出喪,木中無人空棺材出喪,木中無人

an empty coffin carried out for burial: no one in the wood (eyes)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks an arrogant person who looks down on everyone and pays no heed to others.
Wordplay: 木 (mù, wood, i.e. the coffin) sounds like 目 (mù, eye), so 木中无人 echoes 目中无人 'no one in one's eyes'.

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Simplified: 空棺材出丧,木中无人
Traditional (Taiwan): 空棺材出喪,木中無人
Pinyin: kōng guāncai chūsāng,mù zhōng wúrén
Bopomofo: ㄎㄨㄥㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞㄔㄨㄙㄤ,ㄇㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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