老公鸡披蓑衣,嘴尖毛长老公雞披蓑衣,嘴尖毛長老公雞披蓑衣,嘴尖毛長

An old rooster in a straw raincoat: sharp beak, long feathers

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Scolds a person whose speech is sharp and cutting and who is thick-skinned and shameless.
Wordplay: 嘴尖 (zuǐ jiān) means a pointed beak and also cutting speech; 毛长 (máo cháng) means long hair and also, figuratively, thick skin.

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Simplified: 老公鸡披蓑衣,嘴尖毛长
Traditional (Taiwan): 老公雞披蓑衣,嘴尖毛長
Pinyin: lǎo gōngjī pī suōyī,zuǐjiān Máo cháng
Pinyin (Taiwan): lǎo gōngjī pī suōyī,zuǐjiān Máo zhǎng
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄧㄆㄧㄙㄨㄛㄧ,ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄢㄇㄠˊ ㄓㄤˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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