守着骆驼不说马守著駱駝不說馬守着駱駝不説馬

with a camel beside you, don't talk about horses

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Two senses: aim for the big goal; or, mockingly, of a braggart who always claims whatever is biggest.

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Simplified: 守着骆驼不说马
Traditional (Taiwan): 守著駱駝不說馬
Traditional (Hong Kong): 守着駱駝不説馬
Pinyin: shǒuzhe luòtuo bù shuō mǎ
Bopomofo: ㄕㄡˇ ˙ㄓㄜㄌㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄊㄨㄛㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄛㄇㄚˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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