烂泥糊不上墙,朽木当不了梁爛泥糊不上牆,朽木當不了梁爛泥糊不上牆,朽木當不了樑

Rotten mud can't be plastered on a wall; rotted wood can't serve as a beam

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Says a person of poor calibre can't amount to anything important. Contemptuous.

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Simplified: 烂泥糊不上墙,朽木当不了梁
Traditional (Taiwan): 爛泥糊不上牆,朽木當不了梁
Traditional (Hong Kong): 爛泥糊不上牆,朽木當不了樑
Pinyin: lànníhúbúshàngqiáng,xiǔmù dàng bù liǎo Liáng
Pinyin (Taiwan): lànníhúbúshàngqiáng,xiǔmù dāng bù liǎo Liáng
Bopomofo: ㄌㄢˋ ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ,ㄒㄧㄡˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄤㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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