铁匠拆炉，散火了鐵匠拆爐，散火了鐵匠拆爐，散火了

The blacksmith takes down his furnace: the fire is scattered

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: A group has broken up.
Wordplay: 火 (huǒ, fire) is written for 伙 (huǒ, group), so 'the fire has scattered' sounds like 'the gang has disbanded'.

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Simplified: 铁匠拆炉，散火了
Traditional (Taiwan): 鐵匠拆爐，散火了
Pinyin: tiějiang chāi lú, sànhuǒ le
Bopomofo: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄤㄔㄞㄌㄨˊ，ㄙㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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