风箱板做锅盖,受了凉气受热气風箱板做鍋蓋,受了涼氣受熱氣風箱板做鍋蓋,受了涼氣受熱氣

using a bellows board as a pot lid: it takes cold air, then hot air

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who is bullied or put upon in one way and then in another. Sympathetic or resigned.
Wordplay: 气 (qì) means air literally and bullying or being put upon figuratively, as in 受气.

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Simplified: 风箱板做锅盖,受了凉气受热气
Traditional (Taiwan): 風箱板做鍋蓋,受了涼氣受熱氣
Pinyin: fēngxiāng bǎn zuò guōgài,shòule liángqì shòu rèqì
Bopomofo: ㄈㄥㄒㄧㄤㄅㄢˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄛㄍㄞˋ,ㄕㄡˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄖㄜˋ ㄑㄧˋ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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