隔着门缝儿看吕洞宾,小看大仙 隔著門縫兒看呂洞賓,小看大仙 隔着門縫兒看呂洞賓,小看大仙

looking at Lü Dongbin through a door crack: underestimating a great immortal

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Underestimating a person of real ability or status.
Wordplay
小看 (xiǎokàn) means seeing something small through the crack and also underestimating someone.
Simplified
隔着门缝儿看吕洞宾,小看大仙
Traditional (Taiwan)
隔著門縫兒看呂洞賓,小看大仙
Traditional (Hong Kong)
隔着門縫兒看呂洞賓,小看大仙
Pinyin
gézhe mén fèngr kàn Lǚ Dòngbīn, xiǎokàn dàxiān
Bopomofo
ㄍㄜˊ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄇㄣˊ ㄈㄥˋㄦ ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄩˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄣ,ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄢ

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

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