天上的风筝,叫别人牵着飞 天上的風箏,叫別人牽著飛 天上的風箏,叫別人牽着飛

A kite in the sky: it flies as others pull it

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Describes someone with no mind of their own who is directed or controlled by others.
Simplified
天上的风筝,叫别人牵着飞
Traditional (Taiwan)
天上的風箏,叫別人牽著飛
Traditional (Hong Kong)
天上的風箏,叫別人牽着飛
Pinyin
tiānshàng de fēngzheng, jiào biéren qiānzhe fēi
Bopomofo
ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄓㄥ,ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄖㄣ ㄑㄧㄢ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄈㄟ

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

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