茅厕里安电扇，出臭风头茅廁里安電扇，出臭風頭茅廁里安電扇，出臭風頭

installing an electric fan in a latrine: raising a stinking wind

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: Mocks someone who loves showing off in public.
Wordplay: 出风头 means 'show off'; the fan in the toilet makes it a smelly wind (臭风头).

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Simplified: 茅厕里安电扇，出臭风头
Traditional (Taiwan): 茅廁里安電扇，出臭風頭
Pinyin: máosi li ān diànshàn, chū chòu fēngtou
Pinyin (Taiwan): máosi lǐ ān diànshàn, chū chòu fēngtou
Bopomofo: ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄙㄌㄧˇ ㄢㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄢˋ，ㄔㄨㄔㄡˋ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄊㄡ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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