水浅养不住大鱼

shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú

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1. lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom)
2. fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization

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Child Words of 水浅养不住大鱼

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 大 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 水 水 shuǐ: water
• 浅 浅 jiān: sound of moving water
• 浅 浅 qiǎn: shallow
• 养 养 yǎng: to raise (animals)
• 鱼 鱼 yú: fish
• 不住 不住 bù zhù: (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc)
• 住 住 zhù: to live