槽里无食猪咬猪槽里無食豬咬豬槽里無食豬咬豬

When the trough has no food, pigs bite pigs

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: When money is short, conflicts break out within a group. Similar to "when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window" only loosely.

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Simplified: 槽里无食猪咬猪
Traditional (Taiwan): 槽里無食豬咬豬
Pinyin: cáo li wú shí zhū yǎo zhū
Pinyin (Taiwan): cáo lǐ wú shí zhū yǎo zhū
Bopomofo: ㄘㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄨˊ ㄕˊ ㄓㄨㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄨ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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