隔着门缝儿看人,把人瞧扁了 隔著門縫兒看人,把人瞧扁了 隔着門縫兒看人,把人瞧扁了

looking at a person through a door crack: seeing them flattened

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Underestimating or looking down on someone.
Wordplay
扁 (biǎn) 'flat' is the look through a crack, and also 'looked down on'.
Simplified
隔着门缝儿看人,把人瞧扁了
Traditional (Taiwan)
隔著門縫兒看人,把人瞧扁了
Traditional (Hong Kong)
隔着門縫兒看人,把人瞧扁了
Pinyin
gézhe mén fèngr kàn rén, bǎ rén qiáobiǎn le
Bopomofo
ㄍㄜˊ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄇㄣˊ ㄈㄥˋㄦ ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ,ㄅㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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