酒糟鼻子不喝酒，枉担其名酒糟鼻子不喝酒，枉擔其名酒糟鼻子不喝酒，枉擔其名

a man with a red, rum-blossom nose who doesn't drink: bearing the name for nothing

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone who gets blamed or has a bad reputation they don't deserve. Sympathetic.

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Simplified: 酒糟鼻子不喝酒，枉担其名
Traditional (Taiwan): 酒糟鼻子不喝酒，枉擔其名
Pinyin: jiǔzāobí zi bù hējiǔ, wǎng dān qí míng
Pinyin (Taiwan): jiǔzāobí zǐ bù hējiǔ, wǎng dān qí míng
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄗㄠㄅㄧˊ ㄗˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄜㄐㄧㄡˇ，ㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄢㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

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

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