腊八生的,老冻臘八生的,老凍臘八生的,老凍

Born on Laba: always freezing

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who cannot sit still and keeps fidgeting.
Wordplay: 冻 dòng (frozen) is used for 动 dòng (move), so 'always freezing' sounds like 'always moving'.

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Simplified: 腊八生的,老冻
Traditional (Taiwan): 臘八生的,老凍
Pinyin: làbā shēng de,lǎo dòng
Bopomofo: ㄌㄚˋ ㄅㄚㄕㄥ ˙ㄉㄜ,ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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