肚子里撑船，内航肚子里撐船，內航肚子里撐船，內航

punting a boat inside the belly: an inside navigator (an insider expert)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Says someone is experienced and knowledgeable about a certain kind of work. Approving.
Wordplay: 航 (háng, navigate) is a homophone of 行 (háng, expert), so 内航 sounds like 内行, 'an insider who knows the trade'.

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Simplified: 肚子里撑船，内航
Traditional (Taiwan): 肚子里撐船，內航
Pinyin: dǔzi lǐ chēngchuán, nèi háng
Bopomofo: ㄉㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄥㄔㄨㄢˊ，ㄋㄟˋ ㄏㄤˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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