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shallow waters cannot harbor big fish

  1. water
    water; a liquid, juice, or lotion
  2. qiǎn adjective
    shallow
    shallow; of little depth from top to bottom or from outside to inside
  3. to raise
    to keep or feed animals; to keep pets
  4. unable to
    Used after a verb to indicate that an action cannot be performed firmly or securely, or that something cannot be held back or controlled
  5. adjective
    big
    big; large; great; vast; high in scale or intensity; (of a person) old; adult
  6. fish
    fish; generic term for aquatic cold-blooded vertebrates with gills and fins