鸡吃萤火虫，肚子里明雞吃螢火蟲，肚子里明雞吃螢火蟲，肚子里明

a chicken eats a firefly: it's bright inside its belly

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Someone understands things clearly in their own mind, though they may not say it.
Wordplay: 明 (míng) means both bright and clear-minded, so a lit-up belly means 'knows what's what'.

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Simplified: 鸡吃萤火虫，肚子里明
Traditional (Taiwan): 雞吃螢火蟲，肚子里明
Pinyin: jī chī yínghuǒchóng, dǔzi lǐ míng
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄔㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ，ㄉㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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