马蹄上钉铁，蹄外有蹄馬蹄上釘鐵，蹄外有蹄馬蹄上釘鐵，蹄外有蹄

Nailing iron on a horse's hoof: a hoof beyond the hoof

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says there is a hidden meaning behind what someone said.
Wordplay: The second and third 蹄 (tí, 'hoof') are puns on 题 (tí, 'topic'), so it reads 'a topic beyond the topic'.

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Simplified: 马蹄上钉铁，蹄外有蹄
Traditional (Taiwan): 馬蹄上釘鐵，蹄外有蹄
Pinyin: mǎtí shàng dīng tiě, tí wài yǒu tí
Bopomofo: ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄥㄊㄧㄝˇ，ㄊㄧˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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