鸭子过河,咯咕咯鴨子過河,咯咕咯鴨子過河,咯咕咯

ducks crossing a river: quack-quack-quack

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks people who each care only for themselves. Critical.
Wordplay: 咯咕咯 (gē gū gē, a duck's quack) sounds like 各顾各 (gè gù gè, 'each looks after themselves').

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Simplified: 鸭子过河,咯咕咯
Traditional (Taiwan): 鴨子過河,咯咕咯
Pinyin: yāzi guòhé,gē gū gē
Bopomofo: ㄧㄚ ˙ㄗㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ,ㄍㄜㄍㄨㄍㄜ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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