麻袋片儿做西装,不是这块料 麻袋片兒做西裝,不是這塊料 麻袋片兒做西裝,不是這塊料

Making a suit from sacking: not the right material

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
A variant of the dragon-robe saying: someone is not cut out for the job.
Simplified
麻袋片儿做西装,不是这块料
Traditional (Taiwan)
麻袋片兒做西裝,不是這塊料
Pinyin
mádàipiānr zuò xīzhuāng, bú shì zhèkuài liào
Bopomofo
ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄢㄦ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄓㄨㄤ,ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄓㄜˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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