脑门上长瘤子,额外负担 腦門上長瘤子,額外負擔 腦門上長瘤子,額外負擔

a tumour growing on the forehead: an extra burden

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

May offend: mocks disability

Meaning
Describes a burden beyond what is required or expected. It jokes about a growth on someone's forehead, so it can sound insensitive about a physical condition.
Wordplay
额 (é) means 'forehead' and also 'quota, set amount', so 额外 (éwài) 'extra, beyond the quota' echoes the growth on the forehead.
Simplified
脑门上长瘤子,额外负担
Traditional (Taiwan)
腦門上長瘤子,額外負擔
Pinyin
nǎomén shang zhǎng liúzi, éwài fùdān
Pinyin (Taiwan)
nǎomén shàng zhǎng liúzi, éwài fùdān
Bopomofo
ㄋㄠˇ ㄇㄣˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄓㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄗ,ㄜˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄉㄢ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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