清水锅里煮铜钱,一眼看到底清水鍋里煮銅錢,一眼看到底清水鍋里煮銅錢,一眼看到底

boiling copper coins in a pot of clear water: you see the bottom at a glance

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: The matter is easy to see through and the facts are plain.
Wordplay: 底 (dǐ) means both the bottom of the pot and the underlying facts or details.

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Simplified: 清水锅里煮铜钱,一眼看到底
Traditional (Taiwan): 清水鍋里煮銅錢,一眼看到底
Pinyin: qīngshuǐ guō li zhǔ tóngqián,yì yǎnkàn dàodǐ
Pinyin (Taiwan): qīngshuǐ guō lǐ zhǔ tóngqián,yì yǎnkàn dàodǐ
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄥㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ,ㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄧˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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