空肚罗汉,没有心肝空肚羅漢,沒有心肝空肚羅漢,沒有心肝

a hollow-bellied arhat statue: has no heart and liver

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Scolds someone as heartless and without conscience. Harsh and condemning.
Wordplay: 心肝 (xīngān) means literally 'heart and liver' and figuratively 'conscience'; the hollow statue has neither organs nor a conscience.

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Simplified: 空肚罗汉,没有心肝
Traditional (Taiwan): 空肚羅漢,沒有心肝
Pinyin: kōng dù luóhàn,méiyǒu xīngān
Pinyin (Taiwan): kōng dǔ luóhàn,méiyǒu xīngān
Bopomofo: ㄎㄨㄥㄉㄨˇ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ,ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣㄍㄢ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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