肚脐眼儿说话，腰言肚臍眼兒說話，腰言肚臍眼兒説話，腰言

talking with the navel: waist words (demonic words)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Refers to deceptive, heretical talk that leads people astray. Critical.
Wordplay: 腰 (yāo, waist) is a homophone of 妖 (yāo, demonic or weird), so 腰言 stands for 妖言, 'bewitching talk'.

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Simplified: 肚脐眼儿说话，腰言
Traditional (Taiwan): 肚臍眼兒說話，腰言
Traditional (Hong Kong): 肚臍眼兒説話，腰言
Pinyin: dùqíyǎnr shuōhuà, yāo yán
Bopomofo: ㄉㄨˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧㄢˇㄦㄕㄨㄛㄏㄨㄚˋ，ㄧㄠㄧㄢˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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