桅杆顶上看人,把人瞧矮了 桅杆頂上看人,把人瞧矮了 桅杆頂上看人,把人瞧矮了

looking at people from the top of a mast: you see them as short

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Mocks an arrogant person who looks down on others and underestimates them.
Simplified
桅杆顶上看人,把人瞧矮了
Traditional (Taiwan)
桅杆頂上看人,把人瞧矮了
Pinyin
wéigān dǐngshàng kàn rén, bǎ rén qiáo ǎile
Bopomofo
ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄢ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ,ㄅㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄞˇ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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