一辈子不出马，到老是个卒一輩子不出馬，到老是個卒一輩子不出馬，到老是個卒

never move the knight all your life and you stay a pawn to the end

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Says that someone who doesn't go out into the world and try will never amount to much. Encouraging. The image is from Chinese chess.

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Simplified: 一辈子不出马，到老是个卒
Traditional (Taiwan): 一輩子不出馬，到老是個卒
Pinyin: yíbèizi bù chūmǎ, dào lǎo shì gè zú
Bopomofo: ㄧˊ ㄅㄟˋ ˙ㄗㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄇㄚˇ，ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄍㄜˋ ㄗㄨˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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