吃了三天斋饭就想上西天，功底还浅吃了三天齋飯就想上西天，功底還淺吃了三天齋飯就想上西天，功底還淺

Eating vegetarian food for three days and already wanting to reach paradise: the foundation is still shallow

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Someone's basic skills are not yet good enough for what they aim at. It is mildly mocking.

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Simplified: 吃了三天斋饭就想上西天，功底还浅
Traditional (Taiwan): 吃了三天齋飯就想上西天，功底還淺
Pinyin: chīle sāntiān zhāifàn jiù xiǎng shàngxītiān, gōngdǐ hái qiǎn
Bopomofo: ㄔ ˙ㄌㄜㄙㄢㄊㄧㄢㄓㄞㄈㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄊㄧㄢ，ㄍㄨㄥㄉㄧˇ ㄏㄞˊ ㄑㄧㄢˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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