绿头苍蝇怀孕，一肚子蛆綠頭蒼蠅懷孕，一肚子蛆綠頭蒼蠅懷孕，一肚子蛆

a green-headed fly is pregnant: a belly full of maggots

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: Either someone full of bad schemes, or someone full of grievances. Coarse and critical.
Wordplay: 蛆 (qū, maggot) is a pun on 屈 (qū), as in 委屈 'feeling wronged'.

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Simplified: 绿头苍蝇怀孕，一肚子蛆
Traditional (Taiwan): 綠頭蒼蠅懷孕，一肚子蛆
Pinyin: lǜ tóu cāngying huáiyùn, yìdǔzi qū
Bopomofo: ㄌㄩˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄩㄣˋ，ㄧˋ ㄉㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄑㄩ

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

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