仓老鼠向乌鸦借粮，守着的没有，飞着的倒有倉老鼠向烏鴉借糧，守著的沒有，飛著的倒有倉老鼠向烏鴉借糧，守着的沒有，飛着的倒有

The granary rat borrows grain from the crow: the one sitting on it has none, the one flying around has some

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes the rich borrowing from the hard-up, which is the wrong way round.

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Simplified: 仓老鼠向乌鸦借粮，守着的没有，飞着的倒有
Traditional (Taiwan): 倉老鼠向烏鴉借糧，守著的沒有，飛著的倒有
Traditional (Hong Kong): 倉老鼠向烏鴉借糧，守着的沒有，飛着的倒有
Pinyin: cāng lǎoshǔ xiàng wūyā jiè liáng, shǒuzhe de méiyǒu, fēi zhe de dào yǒu
Bopomofo: ㄘㄤㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄨㄧㄚㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ，ㄕㄡˇ ˙ㄓㄜ ˙ㄉㄜㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ，ㄈㄟ ˙ㄓㄜ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄠˋ ㄧㄡˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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