浅水里养王八，早就看透是什么货淺水里養王八，早就看透是什麼貨淺水里養王八，早就看透是什麼貨

raising turtles in shallow water: you saw long ago what kind of goods they are

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: Said when you've long seen through someone and know they're no good. Contemptuous; 货 can insult a person.
Wordplay: 货 (huò) means both 'goods' (the turtles on sale) and, as an insult, 'type of person'.

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Simplified: 浅水里养王八，早就看透是什么货
Traditional (Taiwan): 淺水里養王八，早就看透是什麼貨
Pinyin: qiǎnshuǐ li yǎng wángba, zǎojiù kàntòu shì shénme huò
Pinyin (Taiwan): qiǎnshuǐ lǐ yǎng wángba, zǎojiù kàntòu shì shénme huò
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄤˇ ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚ，ㄗㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄎㄢˋ ㄊㄡˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜㄏㄨㄛˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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