馒头里包豆渣，别人不夸自己夸饅頭里包豆渣，別人不誇自己誇饅頭里包豆渣，別人不誇自己誇

bean dregs wrapped inside a steamed bun: if others don't praise it, you praise it yourself

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone with no self-awareness who boasts about their own things because nobody else will. Similar to 'blow your own trumpet'.

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Simplified: 馒头里包豆渣，别人不夸自己夸
Traditional (Taiwan): 饅頭里包豆渣，別人不誇自己誇
Pinyin: mántou lǐ bāo dòuzhā, biéren bù kuā zìjǐ kuā
Bopomofo: ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄠㄉㄡˋ ㄓㄚ，ㄅㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄖㄣㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄨㄚㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄎㄨㄚ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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