老母猪翻跟头,全凭嘴支着老母豬翻跟頭,全憑嘴支著老母豬翻跟頭,全憑嘴支着

an old sow doing a somersault: relies entirely on her snout to prop her up

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who can't do real work and gets by only on talk.
Wordplay: 嘴 (zuǐ) means both the mouth or snout and talking.

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Simplified: 老母猪翻跟头,全凭嘴支着
Traditional (Taiwan): 老母豬翻跟頭,全憑嘴支著
Traditional (Hong Kong): 老母豬翻跟頭,全憑嘴支着
Pinyin: lǎo mǔzhū fāngēntou,quán píng zuǐ zhī zhe
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄈㄢㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ,ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄓ ˙ㄓㄜ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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