裁缝店里的老板，左也衣，右也衣裁縫店里的老板，左也衣，右也衣裁縫店里的老板，左也衣，右也衣

The owner of a tailor shop: clothes (go along) on the left, clothes (go along) on the right

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who goes along with everything and agrees to anything.
Wordplay: 衣 (yī, clothes) sounds the same as 依 (yī, comply with), so 'clothes' reads as 'go along with'.

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Simplified: 裁缝店里的老板，左也衣，右也衣
Traditional (Taiwan): 裁縫店里的老板，左也衣，右也衣
Pinyin: cáiféngdiàn lǐ de lǎobǎn, zuǒ yě yī, yòu yě yī
Bopomofo: ㄘㄞˊ ㄈㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇ，ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄝˇ ㄧ，ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄝˇ ㄧ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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