老鼠掉到书箱里,咬文嚼字老鼠掉到書箱里,咬文嚼字老鼠掉到書箱里,咬文嚼字

a mouse falls into a book chest: gnawing and chewing the words

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Mocks someone who fusses over exact wording or shows off their learning.
Wordplay: 咬文嚼字 (yǎowén jiáozì) literally means a mouse biting and chewing text, and figuratively means being pedantic about words.

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Simplified: 老鼠掉到书箱里,咬文嚼字
Traditional (Taiwan): 老鼠掉到書箱里,咬文嚼字
Pinyin: lǎoshǔ diào dào shūxiāng li,yǎowénjiáozì
Pinyin (Taiwan): lǎoshǔ diào dào shūxiāng lǐ,yǎowénjiáozì
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄒㄧㄤㄌㄧˇ,ㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄗˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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