钟馗开店，鬼都不敢上门鍾馗開店，鬼都不敢上門鍾馗開店，鬼都不敢上門

Zhong Kui opens a shop: not even ghosts dare come to the door

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of a shop or office whose staff are so unfriendly or fierce that people dare not approach. Mocking.

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Simplified: 钟馗开店，鬼都不敢上门
Traditional (Taiwan): 鍾馗開店，鬼都不敢上門
Pinyin: Zhōng Kuí kāidiàn, guǐ dōu bùgǎn shàngmén
Bopomofo: ㄓㄨㄥㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄞㄉㄧㄢˋ，ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄡㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄣˊ

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

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