水浅养不住大鱼

shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú

Определения

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

Составные слова 水浅养不住大鱼

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