腊月里卖镰刀,知冬不知夏臘月里賣鐮刀,知冬不知夏臘月里賣鐮刀,知冬不知夏

Selling sickles in the twelfth month: knows winter, not summer

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who thinks only of the present and not of the future. Critical.

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Simplified: 腊月里卖镰刀,知冬不知夏
Traditional (Taiwan): 臘月里賣鐮刀,知冬不知夏
Pinyin: làyuè li mài liándāo,zhī dōng bùzhī xià
Pinyin (Taiwan): làyuè lǐ mài liándāo,zhī dōng bùzhī xià
Bopomofo: ㄌㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄠ,ㄓㄉㄨㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄒㄧㄚˋ

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

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