nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú

Traditional: 哪壺不開提哪壺

哪壶不开提哪壶 (nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot; to talk about sb's weak point”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot
  2. 2to talk about sb's weak point

Characters in 哪壶不开提哪壶

哪nǎ · how壶hú · pot不bù · no; not so开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)提dī · used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]哪nǎ · how壶hú · pot

Related words

不no; not so开始to begin开to open (transitive or intransitive)哪how哪(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")哪used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]哪which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)不过only不要don't!; must not对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon离开to depart; to leave不错correct

Study Chinese with flashcards →