传儿千金,不如薄技在身 傳兒千金,不如薄技在身 傳兒千金,不如薄技在身

hand your son a thousand in gold, better he has a small skill on him

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning
Giving children a skill is better than leaving them a lot of money. Approving advice. Close to 'give a man a fish...' (teach him to fish).
Simplified
传儿千金,不如薄技在身
Traditional (Taiwan)
傳兒千金,不如薄技在身
Pinyin
chuán ér qiānjīn,bùrúbójìzàishēn
Bopomofo
ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ,ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄣ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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