老太婆坐飞机,抖起来了老太婆坐飛機,抖起來了老太婆坐飛機,抖起來了

an old woman on an airplane: shaking

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who becomes smug and swaggering after getting money or status.
Wordplay: 抖 (dǒu) means both 'to shake' and 'to show off one's importance'.

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Simplified: 老太婆坐飞机,抖起来了
Traditional (Taiwan): 老太婆坐飛機,抖起來了
Pinyin: lǎotàipó zuòfēijī,dǒu qǐlaile
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄟㄐㄧ,ㄉㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄞ ˙ㄌㄜ

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

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