桌子底下打拳，出手就不高 桌子底下打拳，出手就不高 桌子底下打拳，出手就不高 Save Create a free account to save sentences boxing under the table: the hand-out is not high Saying俗语俗語 Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now MeaningSaid of someone whose starting point or standard is low from the beginning. Wordplay出手 (chūshǒu) means both 'stretch out a hand' and 'the skill shown when starting something'; 高 (gāo) means both 'high off the ground' and 'above average'. Sign up for a free account to save sentences and hear them read aloud Simplified 桌子底下打拳，出手就不高 Pinyin zhuōzi dǐxia dǎquán, chūshǒu jiù bù gāo Bopomofo ㄓㄨㄛ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄧˇ ˙ㄒㄧㄚ ㄉㄚˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ，ㄔㄨ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄠ Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1. Words in this sentence 桌(zhuō)子(zi)table 底(dǐ)下(xia)the location below sth 打(dǎ)拳(quán)do shadowboxing 出(chū)手(shǒu)dispose of 就(jiù)then 不(bù)no 高(gāo)high Where this sentence is used Chinese sayings Sign up for a free Chinese Boost account Save the words and sentences you find here to your own list, and hear them read aloud. You can export the list to your flashcards whenever you like. Create a free account A Chinese word or character, English, or pinyin Search All Chinese example sentences