麻雀包饺子，净是嘴麻雀包餃子，淨是嘴麻雀包餃子，淨是嘴

Dumplings stuffed with sparrow: all beak

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks a group in which many talk and few do any real work.
Wordplay: 嘴 (zuǐ) means both 'beak/mouth' and 'talk'.

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Simplified: 麻雀包饺子，净是嘴
Traditional (Taiwan): 麻雀包餃子，淨是嘴
Pinyin: máquè bāojiǎozi, jìng shì zuǐ
Bopomofo: ㄇㄚˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄠㄐㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄗ，ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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