蚂蚁尿到书本上，湿不了几个字螞蟻尿到書本上，濕不了幾個字螞蟻尿到書本上，濕不了幾個字

an ant pees on a book: it can't wet many characters

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone with little education who knows few characters. Mocking.
Wordplay: 湿 (shī, wet) is used for 识 (shí, to recognise), so 'can't wet many characters' reads as 'can't recognise many characters'.

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Simplified: 蚂蚁尿到书本上，湿不了几个字
Traditional (Taiwan): 螞蟻尿到書本上，濕不了幾個字
Pinyin: mǎyǐ niào dào shūběn shàng, shī bù liǎo jǐ ge zì
Bopomofo: ㄇㄚˇ ㄧˇ ㄋㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄤˋ，ㄕㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄍㄜㄗˋ

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

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