人可以和虎狼搏斗，却无法和苍蝇争吵人可以和虎狼搏鬥，卻無法和蒼蠅爭吵人可以和虎狼搏鬥，卻無法和蒼蠅爭吵

a person can fight tigers and wolves but cannot quarrel with flies

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: You can debate a strong, reasonable opponent but not a petty, pestering person. Contemptuous of small-minded people.

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Simplified: 人可以和虎狼搏斗，却无法和苍蝇争吵
Traditional (Taiwan): 人可以和虎狼搏鬥，卻無法和蒼蠅爭吵
Pinyin: rén kěyǐ hé hǔláng bódòu, què wúfǎ hé cāngying zhēngchǎo
Pinyin (Taiwan): rén kěyǐ hàn hǔláng bódòu, què wúfǎ hàn cāngying zhēngchǎo
Bopomofo: ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ ㄏㄢˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ，ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄏㄢˋ ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥㄓㄥㄔㄠˇ

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

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