老虎爬树,没学这一招老虎爬樹,沒學這一招老虎爬樹,沒學這一招

a tiger climbing a tree: never learned that trick

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Someone lacks a particular skill. The folk tale says the cat kept the tree-climbing trick back from the tiger it taught. Used lightly about a skill someone hasn't mastered.

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Simplified: 老虎爬树,没学这一招
Traditional (Taiwan): 老虎爬樹,沒學這一招
Pinyin: lǎohǔ pá shù,méi xué zhè yìzhāo
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄆㄚˊ ㄕㄨˋ,ㄇㄟˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄓㄜˋ ㄧˋ ㄓㄠ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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