塔尖上开天窗，眼眶子高
塔尖上開天窗，眼眶子高
塔尖上開天窗，眼眶子高
a skylight at the top of a pagoda: the eye socket is high
Saying俗语俗語
Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now
- Meaning
- Mocks a person with very high standards who looks down on ordinary things.
- Wordplay
- The skylight stands for 眼眶子 (yǎnkuàngzi, eye socket), meaning one's outlook or standards; 'high' fits both the position and the lofty standards.
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- Simplified
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塔尖上开天窗，眼眶子高
- Traditional (Taiwan)
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塔尖上開天窗，眼眶子高
- Pinyin
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tǎjiān shang kāitiānchuāng, yǎnkuàngzigāo
- Pinyin (Taiwan)
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tǎjiān shàng kāitiānchuāng, yǎnkuàngzǐgāo
- Bopomofo
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ㄊㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄤ，ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄗˇ ㄍㄠ
Written with
HSK 1 vocabulary,
at CEFR level
A1.
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