有错不改，好比下雨背干柴有錯不改，好比下雨背乾柴有錯不改，好比下雨背乾柴

not fixing a mistake is like carrying dry firewood in the rain

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Carrying firewood in the rain makes it wetter and heavier; likewise, leaving a mistake uncorrected makes things worse. A warning to correct errors promptly.

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Simplified: 有错不改，好比下雨背干柴
Traditional (Taiwan): 有錯不改，好比下雨背乾柴
Pinyin: yǒu cuò bù gǎi, hǎobǐ xiàyǔ bēi gānchái
Pinyin (Taiwan): yǒu cuò bù gǎi, hǎobǐ xiàyǔ bèi gānchái
Bopomofo: ㄧㄡˇ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ，ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄍㄢㄔㄞˊ

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

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