草帽子当锣打，响不起来草帽子當鑼打，響不起來草帽子當鑼打，響不起來

Beating a straw hat like a gong: can't make it ring (can't think of it)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when you have forgotten something and can't recall it.
Wordplay: 响 (xiǎng, ring) sounds the same as 想 (xiǎng, think), so 'won't ring' reads as 'can't recall'.

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Simplified: 草帽子当锣打，响不起来
Traditional (Taiwan): 草帽子當鑼打，響不起來
Pinyin: cǎo màozi dāng luó dǎ, xiǎng bù qǐlai
Bopomofo: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄠˋ ˙ㄗㄉㄤㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄚˇ，ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄞ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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