上贼船易，下贼船难上賊船易，下賊船難上賊船易，下賊船難

easy to board a pirate ship, hard to get off

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Joining a gang of bad people is easy but leaving is hard. A warning against bad company.

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Simplified: 上贼船易，下贼船难
Traditional (Taiwan): 上賊船易，下賊船難
Pinyin: shàngzéichuán yì, xià zéichuán nán
Bopomofo: ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋ，ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄋㄢˊ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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