本钱易寻，伙计难讨本錢易尋，伙計難討本錢易尋，伙計難討

capital is easy to find; a shop assistant is hard to get

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: In old-style business, raising money is easier than finding a reliable helper. Used to stress that trustworthy people are hard to find.

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Simplified: 本钱易寻，伙计难讨
Traditional (Taiwan): 本錢易尋，伙計難討
Pinyin: běnqián yì xún, huǒji nán tǎo
Bopomofo: ㄅㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ，ㄏㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄠˇ

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

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