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Change log entry 46047
Processed by: ycandau (2013-02-10 18:08:51 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 44263 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
This phrase appears in various forms -- M has two of them:
- 不知葫蘆裡賣甚麼藥
- 葫蘆裡賣的甚麼藥

不知葫蘆裡賣甚麼藥
ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄌ|ˇ ㄇㄞˋ ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ |ㄠˋ
不了解內情,不知道對方要做甚麼。二刻拍案驚奇˙卷十四:「又想那縣君如設帳的方士,不知葫蘆裡賣甚麼藥出來。」

葫蘆裡賣的甚麼藥
ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ ㄌ|ˇ ㄇㄞˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄣ |ㄠˋ
比喻事情的究竟。一般用以表示不知對方心理在做的是什麼打算。文明小史˙第五回:「太尊只是悶住不響,究竟不曉得葫蘆裡賣的甚麼藥?」

M @ ~ 陰陽怪氣 (eccentric/peculiar/mystifying)
性情古怪,令人捉摸不定。如:「這個人看起來陰陽怪氣的,不知葫蘆裡賣的什麼藥。」

TP ~ 1 才弄清楚健保制度「葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥」。
It was only many years later, when I became a long-term patient myself, that I finally came to understand the ins and outs of the German health insurance system.

2 小小的芎蕉坑,葫蘆裡究竟賣的是什麼藥?
What kind of rabbit have the residents of Chiungchiao Keng got in their collective hat?

3 有藥商甚至將各式各樣的龜板統稱為烏龜殼,對自己葫蘆裡賣的藥,是否涉及珍貴的保育類,也丈二金剛,摸不著頭腦。
Makers and dealers of Chinese medicines may even market the shells of all assortment of species as just plain "turtle shell." These firms simply do not know if some of the shells were taken from protected species.

http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/144656419.html?push=ql
Diff:
+ 葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥 葫芦里卖的是什么药 [hu2 lu5 li3 mai4 de5 shi4 shen2 me5 yao4] /what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?/what's going on?/
By MDBG 2025
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