老母猪啃砖头,嘴硬老母豬啃磚頭,嘴硬老母豬啃磚頭,嘴硬

an old sow gnawing bricks: hard mouth

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Says someone knows they're in the wrong yet still argues stubbornly and won't admit it. Critical or teasing.
Wordplay: 嘴硬 (zuǐ yìng) means both 'hard-mouthed' and 'stubbornly refusing to concede'.

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Simplified: 老母猪啃砖头,嘴硬
Traditional (Taiwan): 老母豬啃磚頭,嘴硬
Pinyin: lǎo mǔzhū kěn zhuāntou,zuǐyìng
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄎㄣˇ ㄓㄨㄢ ˙ㄊㄡ,ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄥˋ

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

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