和蠢人争论，不如去捡大粪和蠢人爭論，不如去撿大糞和蠢人爭論，不如去撿大糞

rather than arguing with a fool, you'd do better to go and collect dung

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: Says arguing with someone who won't listen to reason is a waste of breath. Blunt and scornful of the other person.

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Simplified: 和蠢人争论，不如去捡大粪
Traditional (Taiwan): 和蠢人爭論，不如去撿大糞
Pinyin: hé chǔnrén zhēnglùn, bùrú qù jiǎn dàfèn
Pinyin (Taiwan): hàn chǔnrén zhēnglùn, bùrú qù jiǎn dàfèn
Bopomofo: ㄏㄢˋ ㄔㄨㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄥㄌㄨㄣˋ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄣˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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