救急容易救穷难救急容易救窮難救急容易救窮難

rescuing from an emergency is easy, rescuing from poverty is hard

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Helping someone through a short-term crisis is easy, but lifting them out of lasting poverty is hard.

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Simplified: 救急容易救穷难
Traditional (Taiwan): 救急容易救窮難
Pinyin: jiùjí róngyì jiùqióng nán
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄋㄢˊ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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