按下葫蘆浮起瓢

Chinese

	to press (with the hand); to push; to control to press (with the hand); to push; to control; to restrain; to check; pressing down (brush movement in painting); according to; in the light of	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water	to float	to rise; to raise; to get up	dipper; ladle
trad. (按下葫蘆浮起瓢)	按	下	葫蘆	浮	起	瓢
simp. (按下葫芦浮起瓢)	按	下	葫芦	浮	起	瓢
Literally: “hardly has one gourd been pushed under water when another bobs up”.

Mandarin
(Pinyin): àn xià húlu fú qǐ piáo

(Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨㄈㄨˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄆㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): on³ haa⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴ fau⁴ hei² piu⁴

按下葫蘆浮起瓢

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