雷公打豆腐,拣软的欺
Traditional form:
雷公打豆腐,揀軟的欺
Pinyin (reading):
Léi Gōngdǎdòufu,jiǎnruǎndeqī
Definitions:
- the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person
- to pick on an easy target
Characters:
- 雷 - thunder; surname
- 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
- 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
- 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
- 腐 - to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
- 拣 - to choose, to select; to gather, to pick up
- 软 - soft, pliable, flexible; weak
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 欺 - to cheat, to double-cross, to deceive
Traditional characters:
- 雷 - thunder; surname
- 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
- 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
- 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
- 腐 - to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
- 揀 - to choose, to select; to gather, to pick up
- 軟 - soft, pliable, flexible; weak
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 欺 - to cheat, to double-cross, to deceive