软盖儿的王八,没甲軟蓋兒的王八,沒甲軟蓋兒的王八,沒甲

a soft-shelled turtle: no armour (no fake)

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

Meaning: Says something is genuine, with nothing false in it. Humorous.
Wordplay: 甲 (jiǎ, 'shell/armour') is written for 假 (jiǎ, 'fake'); a soft-shelled turtle has no 甲, so '没甲' sounds like '没假', not fake.

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Simplified: 软盖儿的王八,没甲
Traditional (Taiwan): 軟蓋兒的王八,沒甲
Pinyin: ruǎn gàir de wángba,méi jiǎ
Bopomofo: ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄍㄞˋㄦ ˙ㄉㄜㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚ,ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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