麦子不割砍高粱，专找硬茬儿麥子不割砍高粱，專找硬茬兒麥子不割砍高粱，專找硬茬兒

leaving the wheat uncut to chop sorghum: looking only for hard stubble

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Deliberately picking a tough opponent or the hardest job to tackle.

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Simplified: 麦子不割砍高粱，专找硬茬儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 麥子不割砍高粱，專找硬茬兒
Pinyin: màizi bù gē kǎn gāoliáng, zhuān zhǎo yìng chá ér
Bopomofo: ㄇㄞˋ ˙ㄗㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄜㄎㄢˇ ㄍㄠㄌㄧㄤˊ，ㄓㄨㄢㄓㄠˇ ㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄚˊ ㄦˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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