强盗遇着贼偷,大来小往強盜遇著賊偷,大來小往強盜遇着賊偷,大來小往

a bandit meets a sneak thief: big comes in, small goes out

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Ill-gotten wealth that comes in a large sum gets lost bit by bit. Said with a mocking or moralising tone; similar to 'easy come, easy go'.

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Simplified: 强盗遇着贼偷,大来小往
Traditional (Taiwan): 強盜遇著賊偷,大來小往
Traditional (Hong Kong): 強盜遇着賊偷,大來小往
Pinyin: qiángdào yùzhe zéi tōu,dà lái xiǎo wǎng
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄩˋ ˙ㄓㄜㄗㄟˊ ㄊㄡ,ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄤˇ

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

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