筷子夹骨头,三条光棍儿筷子夾骨頭,三條光棍兒筷子夾骨頭,三條光棍兒

Chopsticks gripping a bone: three bare sticks

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

Meaning: Jokingly describes three bachelors together.
Wordplay: 光棍儿 guānggùnr means both a smooth stick (chopsticks and the bone) and a bachelor.

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Simplified: 筷子夹骨头,三条光棍儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 筷子夾骨頭,三條光棍兒
Pinyin: kuàizi jiā gǔtou,sāntiáo guānggùnr
Pinyin (Taiwan): kuàizi jiā gútou,sāntiáo guānggùnr
Bopomofo: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄗㄐㄧㄚㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ,ㄙㄢㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄤㄍㄨㄣˋㄦ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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