大厦千间，身眠七尺；良田万亩，日食一升大廈千間，身眠七尺；良田萬畝，日食一升大廈千間，身眠七尺；良田萬畝，日食一升

a thousand rooms in a mansion, yet the body sleeps in seven feet; ten thousand mu of good land, yet one eats a litre a day

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: However much property one owns, one only needs a little to live on. It advises contentment and warns against greed.

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Simplified: 大厦千间，身眠七尺；良田万亩，日食一升
Traditional (Taiwan): 大廈千間，身眠七尺；良田萬畝，日食一升
Pinyin: dàshà qiān jiān, shēn mián qīchǐ; liángtián wàn mǔ, rìshí yì shēng
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄢ，ㄕㄣㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄔˇ；ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄨˇ，ㄖˋ ㄕˊ ㄧˋ ㄕㄥ

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

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