床底下堆宝塔,纵高也有限床底下堆寶塔,縱高也有限牀底下堆寶塔,縱高也有限

building a pagoda under the bed: however tall, it's limited

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone whose ability or level is limited, however good they are. Mildly mocking.

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Simplified: 床底下堆宝塔,纵高也有限
Traditional (Taiwan): 床底下堆寶塔,縱高也有限
Traditional (Hong Kong): 牀底下堆寶塔,縱高也有限
Pinyin: chuáng dǐxia duī bǎotǎ,zòng gāo yě yǒuxiàn
Pinyin (Taiwan): chuáng dǐxia duī bǎotǎ,zōng gāo yě yǒuxiàn
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˇ ˙ㄒㄧㄚㄉㄨㄟㄅㄠˇ ㄊㄚˇ,ㄗㄨㄥㄍㄠㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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