矮子倒水，水瓶不高矮子倒水，水瓶不高矮子倒水，水瓶不高

A dwarf pouring water: the bottle isn't high

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: mocks disability

Meaning: A jibe at someone's low level of ability or skill. Mocking.
Wordplay: 瓶 (píng, bottle) stands for 平 (píng) in 水平 'level, standard', so 'the bottle isn't high' means 'the standard isn't high'.

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Simplified: 矮子倒水，水瓶不高
Pinyin: ǎizi dàoshuǐ, shuǐpíng bù gāo
Bopomofo: ㄞˇ ˙ㄗㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ，ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄠ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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