宁舍千亩地，不吃哑巴亏寧捨千畝地，不吃啞巴虧寧捨千畝地，不吃啞巴虧

better to give up a thousand mu of land than swallow a dumb man's loss

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Better to take an open, acknowledged loss than be wronged in silence with no way to protest.

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Simplified: 宁舍千亩地，不吃哑巴亏
Traditional (Taiwan): 寧捨千畝地，不吃啞巴虧
Pinyin: nìng shě qiānmǔ dì, bù chīyǎbakuī
Pinyin (Taiwan): níng shě qiānmǔ de, bù chīyǎbakuī
Bopomofo: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄜˇ ㄑㄧㄢㄇㄨˇ ˙ㄉㄜ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚㄎㄨㄟ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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