庙穷和尚富 廟窮和尚富 廟窮和尚富

poor temple, rich monk

Saying俗语俗語

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Meaning
Variant of 穷庙富和尚: the organisation is poor while the people running it get rich. Critical.
Simplified
庙穷和尚富
Traditional (Taiwan)
廟窮和尚富
Pinyin
miào qióng héshang fù
Bopomofo
ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤ ㄈㄨˋ

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

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