马奶奶见了冯奶奶，差两点馬奶奶見了馮奶奶，差兩點馬奶奶見了馮奶奶，差兩點

Granny Ma meets Granny Feng: short by two dots

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said when there is still a small gap between two things, or one falls a bit short.
Wordplay: 点 (diǎn) is both the 'dot' stroke in the character 冯 (which 马 lacks) and 'a little bit'.

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Simplified: 马奶奶见了冯奶奶，差两点
Traditional (Taiwan): 馬奶奶見了馮奶奶，差兩點
Pinyin: mǎ nǎinai jiànle Féng nǎinai, chà liǎng diǎn
Bopomofo: ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄞˇ ˙ㄋㄞㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄈㄥˊ ㄋㄞˇ ˙ㄋㄞ，ㄔㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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