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1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜

jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā

1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

滚瓜烂熟

gǔn guā làn shú

1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
2 to know sth inside out
3 to know sth by heart

王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸

wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā

1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
2 all one's geese are swans

Sample Sentences

你当其他厂家都是傻瓜啊？好点子谁会想不到，关键是有没有人舍得买。现在的消费者都精得很，羊毛出在羊身上的道理谁都懂。iPhone的价格相对一般手机来说，简直就是天价，这种奢侈品有几个平民百姓会去买？

nǐ dàng qítā chǎngjiā dōu shì shǎguā a ？hǎo diǎnzi shéi huì xiǎngbudào ，guānjiàn shì yǒuméiyǒu rén shěde mǎi 。xiànzài de xiāofèizhě dōu jīng de hěn ，yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang de dàolǐ shéi dōu dǒng 。iPhonede jiàgé xiāngduì yībān shǒujī láishuō ，jiǎnzhí jiùshì tiānjià ，zhèzhǒng shēchǐpǐn yǒu jǐge píngmín bǎixìng huì qù mǎi ？

Do you think the other companies are idiots? Anyone can think of this stuff, but the main thing is that no one was willing to buy. Consumers these days are really clever. They understand that there is no free lunch. Compared with other cell phones, the iPhone is astronomically expensive. How many normal folks would really go buy such an extravagant product?

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我就是刚才那个找阿牛的啊，哈哈哈，你个傻瓜。

wǒ jiùshì gāngcái nàge zhǎo Ā Niú de ā ，hā hā hā ，nǐ gè shǎguā 。

I'm the guy who was looking for Aniu just now, ha ha. You idiot.

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傻瓜，阳历八月也就是农历的七月。

shǎguā ，yánglì bāyuè yějiùshì nónglì de qīyuè 。

Idiot, the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar is the seventh month of the lunar calendar.

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别把我当作傻瓜。

bié bǎ wǒ dàngzuò shǎguā 。

Don't treat me like an idiot.

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