吃烧饼还要赔唾沫吃燒餅還要賠唾沫吃燒餅還要賠唾沫

even eating a sesame flatbread costs you some spit

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Any benefit costs something; you pay a small price for what you get. Humorous. Compare "There's no free lunch."

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Simplified: 吃烧饼还要赔唾沫
Traditional (Taiwan): 吃燒餅還要賠唾沫
Pinyin: chī shāobing hái yào péi tuòmo
Bopomofo: ㄔㄕㄠ ˙ㄅㄧㄥㄏㄞˊ ㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄟˊ ㄊㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄇㄛ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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