绱鞋不使锥子，针好緔鞋不使錐子，針好緔鞋不使錐子，針好

sewing a shoe without using an awl: the needle is good

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said to mean 'really good'. The shoe-sewing scene is just a vehicle for the pun.
Wordplay: 针 (zhēn, needle) sounds the same as 真 (zhēn, truly), so 'the needle is good' reads as 'it's truly good'.

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Simplified: 绱鞋不使锥子，针好
Traditional (Taiwan): 緔鞋不使錐子，針好
Pinyin: shàngxié bù shǐ zhuīzi, zhēn hǎo
Bopomofo: ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄟ ˙ㄗ，ㄓㄣㄏㄠˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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