鸡蛋壳儿里发面，没有发头儿雞蛋殼兒里發麵，沒有發頭兒雞蛋殼兒里發麪，沒有發頭兒

leavening dough inside an eggshell: no room to rise

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Someone limited by circumstances has no prospect of advancing.
Wordplay: 发 (fā) means dough rising and also developing or prospering.

Sign up for a free account to save sentences and hear them read aloud

Simplified: 鸡蛋壳儿里发面，没有发头儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 雞蛋殼兒里發麵，沒有發頭兒
Traditional (Hong Kong): 雞蛋殼兒里發麪，沒有發頭兒
Pinyin: jīdànkér lǐ fāmiàn, méiyǒu fā tóur
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄉㄢˋ ㄎㄜˊㄦㄌㄧˇ ㄈㄚㄇㄧㄢˋ，ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄈㄚㄊㄡˊㄦ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

Words in this sentence

Where this sentence is used

Chinese sayings

Sign up for a free Chinese Boost account

Save the words and sentences you find here to your own list, and hear them read aloud. You can export the list to your flashcards whenever you like.

Create a free account

All Chinese example sentences