葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥 hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
  2. 2. what's going on?

Characters

Character Meaning
bottle gourd; Allium scorodoprasum
reed; rush; Phragmites communis
inside; interior; internal
to sell; to show off or flaunt; to betray
(used after an attribute)
to be; is; are
what; assorted; miscellaneous
question suffix; tiny; insignificant
medicine; drug