茶壶打了把儿,只剩下嘴了 茶壺打了把兒,只剩下嘴了 茶壺打了把兒,只剩下嘴了

the teapot has lost its handle: only the spout is left

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Mocks someone who is all talk and good for nothing else.
Wordplay
嘴 (zuǐ) means both the pot's spout and a person's mouth or talk.
Simplified
茶壶打了把儿,只剩下嘴了
Traditional (Taiwan)
茶壺打了把兒,只剩下嘴了
Pinyin
cháhú dǎle bàr, zhǐ shèngxià zuǐ le
Bopomofo
ㄔㄚˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄚˇ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄅㄚˋㄦ,ㄓˇ ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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