生成的豆芽儿,长不成树 生成的豆芽兒,長不成樹 生成的豆芽兒,長不成樹

born a bean sprout, it can't grow into a tree

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
A person of poor basic quality is unlikely to achieve much. Disparaging.
Simplified
生成的豆芽儿,长不成树
Traditional (Taiwan)
生成的豆芽兒,長不成樹
Pinyin
shēngchéng de dòuyár, zhǎng bùchéng shù
Bopomofo
ㄕㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄡˋ ㄧㄚˊㄦ,ㄓㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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