裁缝丢了剪刀，只有尺了裁縫丟了剪刀，只有尺了裁縫丟了剪刀，只有尺了

The tailor lost his scissors: only the ruler (eat) is left

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when food has been prepared for you and, out of politeness, you can't refuse to eat it.
Wordplay: 尺 (chǐ, ruler) is close in sound to 吃 (chī, eat), so 'only the ruler is left' reads as 'have to eat'.

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Simplified: 裁缝丢了剪刀，只有尺了
Traditional (Taiwan): 裁縫丟了剪刀，只有尺了
Pinyin: cáiféng diū le jiǎndāo, zhǐyǒu chǐ le
Bopomofo: ㄘㄞˊ ㄈㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄡ ˙ㄌㄜㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄠ，ㄓˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄔˇ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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