好汉争气,赖汉争食 好漢爭氣,賴漢爭食 好漢爭氣,賴漢爭食

a good man fights for honour; a rogue fights for food

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Great people strive for big goals while petty people quarrel over trifles.
Simplified
好汉争气,赖汉争食
Traditional (Taiwan)
好漢爭氣,賴漢爭食
Pinyin
hǎohàn zhēngqì, lài hàn zhēng shí
Bopomofo
ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ ㄓㄥ ㄑㄧˋ,ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄓㄥ ㄕˊ

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

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