成家犹如针挑土，败家好似水推沙成家猶如針挑土，敗家好似水推沙成家猶如針挑土，敗家好似水推沙

Building a family fortune is like lifting soil with a needle; ruining it is like water washing away sand

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Meaning: Building up a household's wealth is slow and hard, but squandering it is quick and easy. Compare 'easy come, easy go' for the ruin half.

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Simplified: 成家犹如针挑土，败家好似水推沙
Traditional (Taiwan): 成家猶如針挑土，敗家好似水推沙
Pinyin: chéngjiā yóurú zhēn tiāo tǔ, bàijiā hǎosì shuǐ tuī Shā
Bopomofo: ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄓㄣㄊㄧㄠㄊㄨˇ，ㄅㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄏㄠˇ ㄙˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨㄟㄕㄚ

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

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