老鼠爬秤钩,自己称自己老鼠爬秤鉤,自己稱自己老鼠爬秤鈎,自己稱自己

a mouse climbs onto a scale hook: weighs itself

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone for praising themselves, or for people in a clique praising each other.
Wordplay: 称 (chēng) means both 'to weigh' and 'to praise'.

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Simplified: 老鼠爬秤钩,自己称自己
Traditional (Taiwan): 老鼠爬秤鉤,自己稱自己
Traditional (Hong Kong): 老鼠爬秤鈎,自己稱自己
Pinyin: lǎoshǔ pá chènggōu,zìjǐ chēng zìjǐ
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄆㄚˊ ㄔㄥˋ ㄍㄡ,ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄔㄥㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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