老太太纳鞋底,千针万针老太太納鞋底,千針萬針老太太納鞋底,千針萬針

an old lady sewing a shoe sole: a thousand stitches, ten thousand stitches

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Something is absolutely true, with no error at all.
Wordplay: 针 (zhēn, needle or stitch) sounds the same as 真 (zhēn, true).

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Simplified: 老太太纳鞋底,千针万针
Traditional (Taiwan): 老太太納鞋底,千針萬針
Pinyin: lǎotàitai nàxiédǐ,qiān zhēn wàn zhēn
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄊㄞㄋㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧˇ,ㄑㄧㄢㄓㄣㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄣ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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