马尾穿豆腐，提不起来

Traditional form:

馬尾穿豆腐，提不起來

Pinyin (reading):

mǎwěichuāndòufu,tíbuqǐlai

Definitions:

• lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it
• fig. let's not talk of this (pun on 提 (tí))

Characters:

• 马 - horse; surname
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear
• 穿 - to drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear
• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 腐 - to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
• 提 - to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

Traditional characters:

• 馬 - horse; surname
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear
• 穿 - to drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear
• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 腐 - to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
• 提 - to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on