宁跟明白人打一架，不跟糊涂人说句话寧跟明白人打一架，不跟糊塗人說句話寧跟明白人打一架，不跟糊塗人説句話

better to fight a sensible person than say a word to a muddled one

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Deal with reasonable people, even in conflict, and avoid those who won't listen to reason. Somewhat humorous and exaggerated.

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Simplified: 宁跟明白人打一架，不跟糊涂人说句话
Traditional (Taiwan): 寧跟明白人打一架，不跟糊塗人說句話
Traditional (Hong Kong): 寧跟明白人打一架，不跟糊塗人説句話
Pinyin: nìng gēn míngbáirén dǎ yí jià, bù gēn hútu rén shuō jù huà
Pinyin (Taiwan): níng gēn míngbáirén dǎ yí jià, bù gēn hútu rén shuō jù huà
Bopomofo: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄣㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄚˋ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄣㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄛㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

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

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