脚后跟扎刀子,离心远着呢 腳後跟扎刀子,離心遠著呢 腳後跟扎刀子,離心遠着呢

a knife stuck in the heel: far from the heart

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Said when a matter has little to do with someone or isn't their concern.
Wordplay
Play on 心 (xīn): the heart as organ, and 'mind, concern'.
Simplified
脚后跟扎刀子,离心远着呢
Traditional (Taiwan)
腳後跟扎刀子,離心遠著呢
Traditional (Hong Kong)
腳後跟扎刀子,離心遠着呢
Pinyin
jiǎohòugēn zhā dāozi, líxīn yuǎnzhe ne
Bopomofo
ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄣ ㄓㄚ ㄉㄠ ˙ㄗ,ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄩㄢˇ ˙ㄓㄜ ˙ㄋㄜ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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