水浅养不住大鱼

1. • lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom)
2. • fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization

Character by character

• 水(shuǐ)surname Shui
• 浅(qiǎn)shallow
• 养(yǎng)raise
• 不(bù)no
• 住(zhù)live
• 大(dà)big
• 鱼(yú)surname Yu