铁匠出身，光会打鐵匠出身，光會打鐵匠出身，光會打

Trained as a blacksmith, he only knows how to hit

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: mocks a group of people

Meaning: Criticises someone who only knows how to fight and cannot find better ways.
Wordplay: 打 (dǎ) means both hammering iron and fighting or attacking.

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Simplified: 铁匠出身，光会打
Traditional (Taiwan): 鐵匠出身，光會打
Pinyin: tiějiang chūshēn, guāng huì dǎ
Bopomofo: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄤㄔㄨㄕㄣ，ㄍㄨㄤㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄚˇ

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

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