锔锅的丢了眼镜，找不着碴儿鋦鍋的丟了眼鏡，找不著碴兒鋦鍋的丟了眼鏡，找不着碴兒

a pot mender who lost his glasses: can't find the crack

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when no fault can be found in something or someone.
Wordplay: 碴儿 (chár) is both a crack in the pot and a fault or pretext for a quarrel, so "can't find the crack" means finding nothing to criticise.

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Simplified: 锔锅的丢了眼镜，找不着碴儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 鋦鍋的丟了眼鏡，找不著碴兒
Traditional (Hong Kong): 鋦鍋的丟了眼鏡，找不着碴兒
Pinyin: jū guō de diū le yǎnjìng, zhǎobùzháo chár
Bopomofo: ㄐㄩㄍㄨㄛ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄧㄡ ˙ㄌㄜㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ，ㄓㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄔㄚˊㄦ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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