道士吹螺,唬鬼 道士吹螺,唬鬼 道士吹螺,唬鬼

a Taoist priest blows a conch: scaring ghosts

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Mocks someone who bluffs and makes a show of force to frighten the timid.
Simplified
道士吹螺,唬鬼
Pinyin
dàoshì chuīluó, hǔ guǐ
Bopomofo
ㄉㄠˋ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄌㄨㄛˊ,ㄏㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

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

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