Two-part allegorical sayings joke with homophones.

This humorous two-part allegorical saying joke is as follows:

It's not surprising that the needle is still picking out towels. (Not enough for a flag). The blunt knife broke the bamboo. (it won't ring). Tie a chicken feather to a telephone pole-how dare you. What a big duster. Knock melon seeds, knock bedbugs-everyone has them. There are all kinds of benevolence. Lights and drums.-I don't want to (Silence). Crutches at intersections-you can't be the master. I can't do it. Chatting at the salt shop-doing nothing. It's too salty to cook.

The name "Xiehouyu" first appeared in the Tang Dynasty. The so-called "Wu Hou of Zheng" (a kind of "Hou Hou" poem) has been mentioned in the biography of the old Tang Dynasty. However, as a language form and phenomenon, it appeared as early as the pre-Qin period. For example, The Warring States Policy. Chu Ce IV: "It's not too late to mend." In other words, it is not too late to repair the sheepfold after the sheep is lost. This is the two-part allegorical saying we saw today.

Two-part allegorical sayings, with distinctive national characteristics, rich flavor of life and intriguing humor, are loved by the broad masses of the people. Although ancient two-part allegorical sayings are rare in written records, they must have been circulated among the people. For example, Qian Daxin's "Constant Yan Lu" contains: "Sending goose feathers a thousand miles away, light and heavy, is also contained in the Song Dynasty." This kind of two-part allegorical saying has been used to this day.