阎罗王开店,鬼都不上门閻羅王開店,鬼都不上門閻羅王開店,鬼都不上門

King Yama opens a shop: not even ghosts come in

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Business is dead because no customers come, or people are too afraid to come. Humorous.

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Simplified: 阎罗王开店,鬼都不上门
Traditional (Taiwan): 閻羅王開店,鬼都不上門
Pinyin: Yánluówáng kāidiàn,guǐ dōu bú shàngmén
Bopomofo: ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄤˊ ㄎㄞㄉㄧㄢˋ,ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄡㄅㄨˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄣˊ

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

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