哪壶不开提哪壶

Traditional: 哪壺不開提哪壺

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Dictionary entry

lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot

What does 哪壶不开提哪壶 mean?

哪壶不开提哪壶 (nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot

2to talk about sb's weak point

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哪nǎhow · which 壶húpot · classifier for bottled liquid 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 提dīused in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]

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