黄河水,难清黃河水,難清黃河水,難清

Yellow River water: hard to get clear (to invite)

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

Meaning: Said of someone who is hard to get to come or hard to invite.
Wordplay: 清 (qīng, clear) is close in sound to 请 (qǐng, to invite), so 难清 sounds like 难请 'hard to invite'.

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Simplified: 黄河水,难清
Traditional (Taiwan): 黃河水,難清
Pinyin: Huáng Hé shuǐ,nán qīng
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ,ㄋㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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