城隍爷掉井里，捞不起您的大驾城隍爺掉井里，撈不起您的大駕城隍爺掉井里，撈不起您的大駕

The City God falls into a well: we can't fish (trouble) your honoured self

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: A polite or jokingly humble way to say you wouldn't dare trouble someone to help.
Wordplay: 捞 (lāo, 'fish out') is used for 劳 (láo, 'trouble someone'), so the line sounds like 'we can't trouble your great presence'.

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Simplified: 城隍爷掉井里，捞不起您的大驾
Traditional (Taiwan): 城隍爺掉井里，撈不起您的大駕
Pinyin: Chénghuáng yé diào jǐng lǐ, lāo bù qǐ nín de dà jià
Bopomofo: ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ，ㄌㄠㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄋㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ

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

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