饿眼见瓜皮,就当一景儿 餓眼見瓜皮,就當一景兒 餓眼見瓜皮,就當一景兒

hungry eyes see a melon rind: take it for a sight

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
When desperate, people treat worthless or bad things as treasures. Slightly mocking.
Simplified
饿眼见瓜皮,就当一景儿
Traditional (Taiwan)
餓眼見瓜皮,就當一景兒
Pinyin
è yǎnjiàn guāpí, jiù dāng yìjǐngr
Bopomofo
ㄜˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄆㄧˊ,ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄤ ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇㄦ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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