冷汤冷饭好吃，冷言冷语难听冷湯冷飯好吃，冷言冷語難聽冷湯冷飯好吃，冷言冷語難聽

cold soup and cold rice are edible, cold words are hard to hear

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Sarcastic, cutting remarks hurt more than physical hardship. Said to warn against unkind words.

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Simplified: 冷汤冷饭好吃，冷言冷语难听
Traditional (Taiwan): 冷湯冷飯好吃，冷言冷語難聽
Pinyin: lěng tāng lěng fàn hǎochī, lěngyánlěngyǔ nántīng
Bopomofo: ㄌㄥˇ ㄊㄤㄌㄥˇ ㄈㄢˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄔ，ㄌㄥˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄥˇ ㄩˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄥ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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