脑门上贴邮票，邮不得人腦門上貼郵票，郵不得人腦門上貼郵票，郵不得人

sticking a stamp on one's forehead: can't be posted (can't be up to a person)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Things are not under one's control; events don't go as one wishes.
Wordplay: 邮 (yóu, post) puns on 由 (yóu), as in 由不得人 'not up to the person'.

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Simplified: 脑门上贴邮票，邮不得人
Traditional (Taiwan): 腦門上貼郵票，郵不得人
Pinyin: nǎomén shàng tiē yóupiào, yóu bùdé rén
Bopomofo: ㄋㄠˇ ㄇㄣˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄝㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧㄠˋ，ㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄖㄣˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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