麻袋片儿做龙袍，不是那块料麻袋片兒做龍袍，不是那塊料麻袋片兒做龍袍，不是那塊料

Making a dragon robe from sacking: not the right material

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone not suited to a post or task. Critical.

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Simplified: 麻袋片儿做龙袍，不是那块料
Traditional (Taiwan): 麻袋片兒做龍袍，不是那塊料
Pinyin: mádàipiānr zuò lóngpáo, bú shì nà kuài liào
Bopomofo: ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄢㄦㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄆㄠˊ，ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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