爷儿俩赶集,一大一小爺兒倆趕集,一大一小爺兒倆趕集,一大一小

father and son go to market: one big, one small

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Two things differ greatly, like the pair's obvious difference in age and size.
Wordplay: 一大一小 (yī dà yī xiǎo) means literally one old and one young, and also a clear contrast between two things.

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Simplified: 爷儿俩赶集,一大一小
Traditional (Taiwan): 爺兒倆趕集,一大一小
Pinyin: yé'érliǎ gǎnjí,yí dà yìxiǎo
Bopomofo: ㄧㄝˊ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧㄚˇ ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ,ㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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