癞蛤蟆垫床脚,高不到哪里去癩蛤蟆墊床腳,高不到哪裡去癩蛤蟆墊牀腳,高不到哪裏去

A toad propping up a bed leg: it won't raise it very high

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone whose ability is not impressive.
Wordplay: 高 gāo means both 'high, tall' and 'superior, skilled'.

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Simplified: 癞蛤蟆垫床脚,高不到哪里去
Traditional (Taiwan): 癩蛤蟆墊床腳,高不到哪裡去
Traditional (Hong Kong): 癩蛤蟆墊牀腳,高不到哪裏去
Pinyin: làiháma diàn chuáng jiǎo,gāo búdào nǎlǐ qù
Bopomofo: ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ,ㄍㄠㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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