顶着石臼唱戏，费力不讨好頂著石臼唱戲，費力不討好頂着石臼唱戲，費力不討好

singing opera with a stone mortar on your head: hard work and no thanks

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Doing a great deal of work for no reward or credit. Close to 'a thankless task'.

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Simplified: 顶着石臼唱戏，费力不讨好
Traditional (Taiwan): 頂著石臼唱戲，費力不討好
Traditional (Hong Kong): 頂着石臼唱戲，費力不討好
Pinyin: dǐngzhe shíjiù chàngxì, fèilìbùtǎohǎo
Bopomofo: ㄉㄧㄥˇ ˙ㄓㄜㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄤˋ ㄒㄧˋ，ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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