蚂蚱尥蹶子,小踢蹬 螞蚱尥蹶子,小踢蹬 螞蚱尥蹶子,小踢蹬

a grasshopper kicks up its hind legs: a little kicking

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
A small-time fuss that achieves nothing. The usual form has a fly instead of a grasshopper. Dismissive.
Simplified
蚂蚱尥蹶子,小踢蹬
Traditional (Taiwan)
螞蚱尥蹶子,小踢蹬
Pinyin
màzha liàojuězi, xiǎo tīdēng
Bopomofo
ㄇㄚˋ ˙ㄓㄚ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄩㄝˇ ˙ㄗ,ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧ ㄉㄥ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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