舀米汤洗澡,尽做糊涂事舀米湯洗澡,儘做糊塗事舀米湯洗澡,儘做糊塗事

scoop rice water to bathe in: always doing muddled things

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

Meaning: A scolding for someone who keeps doing confused, foolish things.
Wordplay: 糊涂 (hútu) means confused, and 糊 (hú) also means to smear a paste; bathing in starchy rice water smears you, hence 'muddled'.

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Simplified: 舀米汤洗澡,尽做糊涂事
Traditional (Taiwan): 舀米湯洗澡,儘做糊塗事
Pinyin: yǎo mǐtāng xǐzǎo,jìn zuò hútu shì
Pinyin (Taiwan): yǎo mǐtāng xǐzǎo,jǐn zuò hútu shì
Bopomofo: ㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇ ㄊㄤㄒㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ,ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄕˋ

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

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