十句好话顶不上一句丑话十句好話頂不上一句醜話十句好話頂不上一句醜話

ten kind words don't outweigh one ugly word

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: One harsh remark can undo the effect of many kind ones; bad words do more damage than good words do good.

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Simplified: 十句好话顶不上一句丑话
Traditional (Taiwan): 十句好話頂不上一句醜話
Pinyin: shí jù hǎohuà dǐng bú shàng yíjù chǒuhuà
Bopomofo: ㄕˊ ㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄧˊ ㄐㄩˋ ㄔㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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