匹夫无故获千金，必有非常之祸匹夫無故獲千金，必有非常之禍匹夫無故獲千金，必有非常之禍

if a common man gets a thousand gold for no reason, there must be an extraordinary disaster

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: An ordinary person who suddenly gets a large sum of money for no reason will surely meet great trouble. A warning against windfalls; close to "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

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Simplified: 匹夫无故获千金，必有非常之祸
Traditional (Taiwan): 匹夫無故獲千金，必有非常之禍
Pinyin: pǐfū wúgù huò qiānjīn, bì yǒu fēicháng zhī huò
Bopomofo: ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ，ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄈㄟㄔㄤˊ ㄓㄏㄨㄛˋ

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

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