学好千日不足，学歹一日有余學好千日不足，學歹一日有餘學好千日不足，學歹一日有餘

learning good takes a thousand days and is not enough; learning bad takes one day and is more than enough

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Becoming good is slow and hard, but picking up bad habits is fast. A warning, especially to the young.

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Simplified: 学好千日不足，学歹一日有余
Traditional (Taiwan): 學好千日不足，學歹一日有餘
Pinyin: xuéhǎo qiānrì bùzú, xué dǎi yírì yǒuyú
Bopomofo: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ，ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄞˇ ㄧˊ ㄖˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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