天荒饿不死手艺人 天荒餓不死手藝人 天荒餓不死手藝人

even a famine year can't starve a craftsman

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning
A person with a skill won't go hungry even in hard times.
Simplified
天荒饿不死手艺人
Traditional (Taiwan)
天荒餓不死手藝人
Pinyin
tiānhuāng è bù sǐ shǒuyìrén
Bopomofo
ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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