宁撞金钟一下,不打铙钹三千 寧撞金鐘一下,不打鐃鈸三千 寧撞金鐘一下,不打鐃鈸三千

better to strike the golden bell once than clash the cymbals three thousand times

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
When asking for help, pick the one person who can actually solve it rather than begging everywhere.
Simplified
宁撞金钟一下,不打铙钹三千
Traditional (Taiwan)
寧撞金鐘一下,不打鐃鈸三千
Pinyin
nìng zhuàng jīnzhōng yíxià, bù dǎ náobó sānqiān
Pinyin (Taiwan)
níng zhuàng jīnzhōng yíxià, bù dǎ náobó sānqiān
Bopomofo
ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ,ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄋㄠˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄢ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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