薛仁贵的行头，白袍薛仁貴的行頭，白袍薛仁貴的行頭，白袍

Xue Rengui's outfit: a white robe

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says a trip was made for nothing. Humorous.
Wordplay: 袍 (páo, 'robe') puns with 跑 (pǎo, 'run'), so 白袍 'white robe' sounds like 白跑 'ran in vain'.

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Simplified: 薛仁贵的行头，白袍
Traditional (Taiwan): 薛仁貴的行頭，白袍
Pinyin: Xuē Rénguì de xíngtou, báipáo
Bopomofo: ㄒㄩㄝㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄒㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄊㄡ，ㄅㄞˊ ㄆㄠˊ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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的(de)of; ~'s

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