圣人庙，供养贤人聖人廟，供養賢人聖人廟，供養賢人

a sage's temple: supports worthy (idle) people

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Mocks the practice of supporting idle people who do no work.
Wordplay: 贤 (xián, worthy) stands for 闲 (xián, idle), a homophone: the temple honours the worthy, but the saying means keeping idlers.

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Simplified: 圣人庙，供养贤人
Traditional (Taiwan): 聖人廟，供養賢人
Pinyin: shèngrén miào, gòngyǎng xiánrén
Bopomofo: ㄕㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ，ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ

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

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