胸口上放鞭炮，心里响着胸口上放鞭炮，心裡響著胸口上放鞭炮，心裏響着

setting off firecrackers on your chest: it rings in your heart

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says someone is thinking about or missing something or someone. Light, humorous.
Wordplay: 响 (xiǎng, 'to ring/bang') puns with 想 (xiǎng, 'to think/miss'), so 'it bangs in the heart' also means 'is thinking in the heart'.

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Simplified: 胸口上放鞭炮，心里响着
Traditional (Taiwan): 胸口上放鞭炮，心裡響著
Traditional (Hong Kong): 胸口上放鞭炮，心裏響着
Pinyin: xiōngkǒu shàng fàngbiānpào, xīnli xiǎng zhe
Bopomofo: ㄒㄩㄥㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤˋ ㄅㄧㄢㄆㄠˋ，ㄒㄧㄣ ˙ㄌㄧㄒㄧㄤˇ ˙ㄓㄜ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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