愁人莫向愁人说,说起愁来愁死人愁人莫向愁人說,說起愁來愁死人愁人莫向愁人説,説起愁來愁死人

don't tell a worried person your worries; talking of sorrow worries them to death

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Two worried people can't solve each other's problems and only add to the gloom.

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Simplified: 愁人莫向愁人说,说起愁来愁死人
Traditional (Taiwan): 愁人莫向愁人說,說起愁來愁死人
Traditional (Hong Kong): 愁人莫向愁人説,説起愁來愁死人
Pinyin: chóu rén mò xiàng chóu rén shuō,shuōqǐ chóu lái chóu sǐ rén
Bopomofo: ㄔㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄔㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄛ,ㄕㄨㄛㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄔㄡˊ ㄙˇ ㄖㄣˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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