缺门牙的念文章,含糊其辞 缺門牙的念文章,含糊其辭 缺門牙的念文章,含糊其辭

someone missing front teeth reading an essay: the words are mumbled

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes someone who speaks evasively or unclearly, hesitating and not saying things plainly.
Wordplay
含糊其辞 (hánhu qí cí) means being vague in what one says, and also fits the literal mumbling of a reader with a gap in his teeth.
Simplified
缺门牙的念文章,含糊其辞
Traditional (Taiwan)
缺門牙的念文章,含糊其辭
Pinyin
quē ményá de niàn wénzhāng,hánhuqící
Pinyin (Taiwan)
quē ményá de niàn wénzhāng,hánhúqící
Bopomofo
ㄑㄩㄝ ㄇㄣˊ ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ,ㄏㄢˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄘˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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