豆芽哪怕长得天那样高，总是一棵小菜豆芽哪怕長得天那樣高，總是一棵小菜豆芽哪怕長得天那樣高，總是一棵小菜

however tall a bean sprout grows, it is still just a small vegetable

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

May offend: mocks a group of people

Meaning: A person of low quality or status will never amount to much, however he may rise. Condescending.

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Simplified: 豆芽哪怕长得天那样高，总是一棵小菜
Traditional (Taiwan): 豆芽哪怕長得天那樣高，總是一棵小菜
Pinyin: dòuyá nǎpà zhǎng dé tiān nàyàng gāo, zǒngshì yì kē xiǎocài
Bopomofo: ㄉㄡˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄋㄚˇ ㄆㄚˋ ㄓㄤˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄚˋ ㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄠ，ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ ㄧˋ ㄎㄜㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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