飞机上挂暖瓶,水瓶高飛機上掛暖瓶,水瓶高飛機上掛暖瓶,水瓶高

hanging a thermos on a plane: the water bottle is high

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of a high level of skill or standard.
Wordplay: 瓶 (píng, bottle) sounds like 平 (píng, level), as in 水平 'standard'; a flask up high means a high standard.

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Simplified: 飞机上挂暖瓶,水瓶高
Traditional (Taiwan): 飛機上掛暖瓶,水瓶高
Pinyin: fēijī shàng guà nuǎnpíng,shuǐpíng gāo
Bopomofo: ㄈㄟㄐㄧㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ,ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄠ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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