纸糊的窗户，一戳就破紙糊的窗戶，一戳就破紙糊的窗户，一戳就破

a paper-pasted window: poke it and it breaks

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Describes someone or something that puts on a show of strength but cannot withstand the slightest challenge, or whose pretence is seen through at once. Mocking.
Wordplay: 破 (pò) means both 'to tear/break' and 'to see through (a pretence)'.

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Simplified: 纸糊的窗户，一戳就破
Traditional (Taiwan): 紙糊的窗戶，一戳就破
Traditional (Hong Kong): 紙糊的窗户，一戳就破
Pinyin: zhǐ hú de chuānghu, yì chuō jiù pò
Bopomofo: ㄓˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄔㄨㄤ ˙ㄏㄨ，ㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄛㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄛˋ

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

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