老母猪吃碗碴儿,肚里有瓷儿老母豬吃碗碴兒,肚里有瓷兒老母豬吃碗碴兒,肚里有瓷兒

an old sow eats broken bowl shards: there's china (words) in her belly

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says someone is eloquent and has plenty to say. Mostly humorous or approving.
Wordplay: 瓷儿 (cír, china) sounds the same as 词儿 (cír, words, things to say).

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Simplified: 老母猪吃碗碴儿,肚里有瓷儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 老母豬吃碗碴兒,肚里有瓷兒
Pinyin: lǎo mǔzhū chī wǎn chár,dùlǐ yǒu cí ér
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄔㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄚˊㄦ,ㄉㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄘˊ ㄦˊ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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