筷子挑凉粉,光棍儿对滑头筷子挑涼粉,光棍兒對滑頭筷子挑涼粉,光棍兒對滑頭

Picking up jelly noodles with chopsticks: a bare stick against a slippery one

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: A variant of 'slippery against slippery'. Said when both sides in a dealing are crafty and slippery.
Wordplay: 滑头 huátóu is both 'slippery' and 'crafty'; 光棍儿 suggests the smooth chopsticks and also a rogue.

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Simplified: 筷子挑凉粉,光棍儿对滑头
Traditional (Taiwan): 筷子挑涼粉,光棍兒對滑頭
Pinyin: kuàizi tiāo liángfěn,guānggùnr duì huátóu
Bopomofo: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄗㄊㄧㄠㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄈㄣˇ,ㄍㄨㄤㄍㄨㄣˋㄦㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄡˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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