马勺吊起来当锣打,穷得丁零当啷响 馬勺吊起來當鑼打,窮得丁零噹啷響 馬勺吊起來當鑼打,窮得丁零噹啷響

A ladle hung up and beaten as a gong: so poor it clangs

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes being extremely poor, with nothing to one's name.
Simplified
马勺吊起来当锣打,穷得丁零当啷响
Traditional (Taiwan)
馬勺吊起來當鑼打,窮得丁零噹啷響
Pinyin
mǎsháo diào qǐlai dàng luó dǎ, qióng de dīnglingdānglāng xiǎng
Pinyin (Taiwan)
mǎsháo diào qǐlai dāng luó dǎ, qióng de dīnglingdānglāng xiǎng
Bopomofo
ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄞ ㄉㄤ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄚˇ,ㄑㄩㄥˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄧㄥ ˙ㄌㄧㄥ ㄉㄤ ㄌㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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