穿冬衣戴夏帽,不知春秋穿冬衣戴夏帽,不知春秋穿冬衣戴夏帽,不知春秋

wearing winter clothes with a summer hat: doesn't know spring and autumn

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who fails to see how circumstances have changed. Mocking.
Wordplay: 春秋 (chūnqiū) means the seasons spring and autumn, but also the real state of affairs.

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Simplified: 穿冬衣戴夏帽,不知春秋
Pinyin: chuān dōngyī dài xià mào,bùzhī chūnqiū
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄢㄉㄨㄥㄧㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄠˋ,ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄔㄨㄣㄑㄧㄡ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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