海里的水，到哪里哪里咸海里的水，到哪裡哪裡鹹海里的水，到哪裏哪裏鹹

seawater: wherever it goes, it is salty (disliked) there

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of someone who is disliked wherever they go. Mocking.
Wordplay: 咸 (xián, salty) is written for 嫌 (xián, to dislike), which sounds the same.

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Simplified: 海里的水，到哪里哪里咸
Traditional (Taiwan): 海里的水，到哪裡哪裡鹹
Traditional (Hong Kong): 海里的水，到哪裏哪裏鹹
Pinyin: hǎilǐ de shuǐ, dào nǎlǐ-nǎlǐ Xián
Bopomofo: ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄕㄨㄟˇ，ㄉㄠˋ ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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