偏怜之子不保业，难得之妇不主家偏憐之子不保業，難得之婦不主家偏憐之子不保業，難得之婦不主家

a favoured son won't keep the family estate; a doted-on wife won't run the household

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: People who are pampered and favoured rarely achieve much.

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Simplified: 偏怜之子不保业，难得之妇不主家
Traditional (Taiwan): 偏憐之子不保業，難得之婦不主家
Pinyin: piānlián zhī zǐ bù bǎo yè, nándé zhī fù bù zhǔ jiā
Bopomofo: ㄆㄧㄢㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄗˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄝˋ，ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄓㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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