力贱得人敬，口贱得人憎力賤得人敬，口賤得人憎力賤得人敬，口賤得人憎

cheap with effort, win people's respect; cheap with the mouth, win people's hatred

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Someone who works hard to help others is welcomed, while someone who stands by talking idly is disliked.

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Simplified: 力贱得人敬，口贱得人憎
Traditional (Taiwan): 力賤得人敬，口賤得人憎
Pinyin: lì jiàn dé rén jìng, kǒu jiàn dé rén zēng
Pinyin (Taiwan): lì jiàn de rén jìng, kǒu jiàn de rén zēng
Bopomofo: ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ，ㄎㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄖㄣˊ ㄗㄥ

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

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