葫芦里卖的是什么药

Traditional form:

葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥

Pinyin (reading):

húlulǐmàideshìshénmeyào

Definitions:

• what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
• what's going on?

Characters:

• 葫 - bottle-gourd
• 芦 - rushes, reeds
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 卖 - to sell; to betray; to show off
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 什 - what? mixed, miscellaneous
• 么 - interrogative particle
• 药 - drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant

Traditional characters:

• 葫 - bottle-gourd
• 蘆 - rushes, reeds
• 裡 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 賣 - to sell; to betray; to show off
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 什 - what? mixed, miscellaneous
• 麼 - interrogative particle
• 藥 - drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant