水底下推船，卖力看不见水底下推船，賣力看不見水底下推船，賣力看不見

pushing a boat underwater: the effort can't be seen

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes working hard without anyone noticing or knowing.

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Simplified: 水底下推船，卖力看不见
Traditional (Taiwan): 水底下推船，賣力看不見
Pinyin: shuǐdǐ xia tuī chuán, màilì kànbújiàn
Pinyin (Taiwan): shuǐdǐ xià tuī chuán, màilì kànbújiàn
Bopomofo: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄟㄔㄨㄢˊ，ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄎㄢˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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