水淺養不住大魚

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)water
• 淺(qiǎn)shallow
• 養(yǎng)raise
• 不(bù)no
• 住(zhù)live
• 大(dà)big
• 魚(yú)fish