童话都是骗子
        
            [tóng huà dōu shì piàn zi]
        
        
            The phrase literally translates to 'all fairy tales are liars.' In Chinese popular culture, it conveys cynicism or disappointment with the idealized version of happiness in children's stories and indicates a disillusioned view that true life can be bitter and not always filled with perfect endings like those found in fairy tales.