鼻子里插大葱，装象鼻子里插大蔥，裝象鼻子里插大葱，裝象

sticking a spring onion up the nose: pretending to be an elephant

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Putting on airs or pretending to be something one isn't. Mocking.
Wordplay: 象 (xiàng, elephant) puns on 相 (xiàng) in 装相 'put on an act'; the onion in the nose stands in for an elephant's trunk or tusk.

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Simplified: 鼻子里插大葱，装象
Traditional (Taiwan): 鼻子里插大蔥，裝象
Traditional (Hong Kong): 鼻子里插大葱，裝象
Pinyin: bízi lǐ chā dàcōng, zhuāng xiàng
Bopomofo: ㄅㄧˊ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄚㄉㄚˋ ㄘㄨㄥ，ㄓㄨㄤㄒㄧㄤˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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