床头千贯,不如日进分文床頭千貫,不如日進分文牀頭千貫,不如日進分文

a thousand strings of coins by the bed is worse than a little coming in every day

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A steady income is better than idle savings. Practical advice.

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Simplified: 床头千贯,不如日进分文
Traditional (Taiwan): 床頭千貫,不如日進分文
Traditional (Hong Kong): 牀頭千貫,不如日進分文
Pinyin: chuángtóu qiān guàn,bùrú rì jìn fēnwén
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄢㄍㄨㄢˋ,ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄖˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄈㄣㄨㄣˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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