一人难做百人饭一人難做百人飯一人難做百人飯

one person can hardly cook a meal for a hundred people

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: One cook can hardly make food that suits everyone's taste. Used, often as an excuse, when someone cannot please everybody.

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Simplified: 一人难做百人饭
Traditional (Taiwan): 一人難做百人飯
Pinyin: yì rén nán zuò bǎi rén fàn
Bopomofo: ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄢˋ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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