蚕豆开花，黑了心蠶豆開花，黑了心蠶豆開花，黑了心

Broad beans in flower: the heart has turned black

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes a person whose heart has turned bad and ruthless. Critical.
Wordplay: 黑 (hēi) means both 'black' in colour and 'wicked, vicious'.

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Simplified: 蚕豆开花，黑了心
Traditional (Taiwan): 蠶豆開花，黑了心
Pinyin: cándòu kāihuā, hēile xīn
Bopomofo: ㄘㄢˊ ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄚ，ㄏㄟ ˙ㄌㄜㄒㄧㄣ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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