裁缝做嫁衣，替别人欢喜裁縫做嫁衣，替別人歡喜裁縫做嫁衣，替別人歡喜

A tailor making a wedding dress: happy for someone else

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes working to make someone else's gain while you get only empty joy yourself.

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Simplified: 裁缝做嫁衣，替别人欢喜
Traditional (Taiwan): 裁縫做嫁衣，替別人歡喜
Pinyin: cáiféng zuò jiàyī, tì biéren huānxǐ
Bopomofo: ㄘㄞˊ ㄈㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄧ，ㄊㄧˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄖㄣㄏㄨㄢㄒㄧˇ

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

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