孙猴子封了弼马温，不知道自己是多大的官儿孫猴子封了弼馬溫，不知道自己是多大的官兒孫猴子封了弼馬温，不知道自己是多大的官兒

Monkey Sun is made Keeper of the Horses: he doesn't know how small his post is

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone who thinks a minor position makes them important.

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Simplified: 孙猴子封了弼马温，不知道自己是多大的官儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 孫猴子封了弼馬溫，不知道自己是多大的官兒
Traditional (Hong Kong): 孫猴子封了弼馬温，不知道自己是多大的官兒
Pinyin: sūnhóuzi fēng le bì mǎ wēn, bù zhīdào zìjǐ shì duō dà de guān ér
Bopomofo: ㄙㄨㄣㄏㄡˊ ˙ㄗㄈㄥ ˙ㄌㄜㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄣ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄉㄠˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄛㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄍㄨㄢㄦˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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