吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮。(Chī pútao bù tǔ pútao pí, bù chī pútao dào tǔ pútao pí.)

Meaning: A 'pú/tǔ/pí' drill with reversing logic — the negations flip the meaning as the tongue trips.

Language: Mandarin

Literally: Eat grapes without spitting out grape skins; not eating grapes, spit out grape skins.

Category: Tricky

Origin: A classic Mandarin twister that drills bilabial stops and the tonal contrast.

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