老鼠尾巴上害疖子,出脓也不多老鼠尾巴上害癤子,出膿也不多老鼠尾巴上害癤子,出膿也不多

a boil on a mouse's tail: not much pus either

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says someone is so poor or stingy that little can be squeezed from them.

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Simplified: 老鼠尾巴上害疖子,出脓也不多
Traditional (Taiwan): 老鼠尾巴上害癤子,出膿也不多
Pinyin: lǎoshǔwěiba shàng hài jiēzi,chū nóng yě bù duō
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄅㄚㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ,ㄔㄨㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄛ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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