一百个小和尚好认一个老和尚，一个老和尚难认一百个小和尚一百個小和尚好認一個老和尚，一個老和尚難認一百個小和尚一百個小和尚好認一個老和尚，一個老和尚難認一百個小和尚

a hundred young monks can easily know one old monk, but one old monk can hardly know a hundred young monks

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Says many people easily recognise one prominent person, but he can't know all of them.

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Simplified: 一百个小和尚好认一个老和尚，一个老和尚难认一百个小和尚
Traditional (Taiwan): 一百個小和尚好認一個老和尚，一個老和尚難認一百個小和尚
Pinyin: yìbǎigè xiǎo héshang hǎo rèn yí gè lǎo héshang, yí gè lǎo héshang nán rèn yìbǎigè xiǎo héshang
Bopomofo: ㄧˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤㄏㄠˇ ㄖㄣˋ ㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤ，ㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤㄋㄢˊ ㄖㄣˋ ㄧˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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