豁嘴骡子卖了个驴价钱,吃亏就吃在嘴上豁嘴騾子賣了個驢價錢,吃虧就吃在嘴上豁嘴騾子賣了個驢價錢,吃虧就吃在嘴上

A harelipped mule sold for a donkey's price: the loss is all in the mouth

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: mocks disability

Meaning: Said of someone who loses out because of what they say or how they say it.
Wordplay: 嘴 (zuǐ) means the mouth literally and also the way one speaks.

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Simplified: 豁嘴骡子卖了个驴价钱,吃亏就吃在嘴上
Traditional (Taiwan): 豁嘴騾子賣了個驢價錢,吃虧就吃在嘴上
Pinyin: huōzuǐ luózi màile ge lǘ jiàqian,chīkuī jiù chī zài zuǐ shang
Pinyin (Taiwan): huōzuǐ luózi màile gè lǘ jiàqian,chīkuī jiù chī zài zuǐ shàng
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄛㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄗㄇㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄍㄜˋ ㄌㄩˊ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ,ㄔㄎㄨㄟㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄗㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄤˋ

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

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