宁养一条龙,不养十只熊 寧養一條龍,不養十隻熊 寧養一條龍,不養十隻熊

better to raise one dragon than ten bears

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
One outstanding person is worth more than ten mediocre ones.
Simplified
宁养一条龙,不养十只熊
Traditional (Taiwan)
寧養一條龍,不養十隻熊
Pinyin
nìng yǎng yìtiáolóng, bù yǎng shí zhī Xióng
Pinyin (Taiwan)
níng yǎng yìtiáolóng, bù yǎng shí zhī Xióng
Bopomofo
ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˇ ㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ,ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄤˇ ㄕˊ ㄓ ㄒㄩㄥˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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