家有黄金，外有戥秤家有黃金，外有戥秤家有黃金，外有戥秤

if you have gold at home, outsiders have scales to weigh it

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: People around you roughly know how well off your family is; you can't hide your wealth.

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Simplified: 家有黄金，外有戥秤
Traditional (Taiwan): 家有黃金，外有戥秤
Pinyin: jiā yǒu huángjīn, wài yǒu děngchèng
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄣ，ㄨㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄥˇ ㄔㄥˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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