教奢易，教俭难教奢易，教儉難教奢易，教儉難

teaching extravagance is easy, teaching thrift is hard

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: It is easy to pick up luxurious habits but hard to learn frugality.

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Simplified: 教奢易，教俭难
Traditional (Taiwan): 教奢易，教儉難
Pinyin: jiāo shēyì, jiāo jiǎn nán
Pinyin (Taiwan): jiāo shēyì, jiào jiǎn nán
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄠㄕㄜㄧˋ，ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄋㄢˊ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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