西红柿拌白糖,去不了酸味儿西紅柿拌白糖,去不了酸味兒西紅柿拌白糖,去不了酸味兒

tomatoes mixed with white sugar: can't get rid of the sour taste

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocking: said of someone who can't shake off their pedantic, stuffy ways.
Wordplay: 酸 (suān) means sour in taste and also pedantic or stuffy, as of a scholar.

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Simplified: 西红柿拌白糖,去不了酸味儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 西紅柿拌白糖,去不了酸味兒
Pinyin: xīhóngshì bàn báitáng,qù bù liǎo suān wèir
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄤˊ,ㄑㄩˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄨㄢㄨㄟˋㄦ

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

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