水田里的鳝鱼，没见过大江大河水田里的鱔魚，沒見過大江大河水田里的鱔魚，沒見過大江大河

an eel in a paddy field: has never seen a great river

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who hasn't seen much of the world. Mildly mocking.

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Simplified: 水田里的鳝鱼，没见过大江大河
Traditional (Taiwan): 水田里的鱔魚，沒見過大江大河
Pinyin: shuǐtián lǐ de shànyú, méi jiànguò dàjiāng dàhé
Pinyin (Taiwan): shuǐtián lǐ de shànyú, méi jiànguo dàjiāng dàhé
Bopomofo: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄕㄢˋ ㄩˊ，ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄍㄨㄛㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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