煮饭要下米，说话要讲理煮飯要下米，說話要講理煮飯要下米，説話要講理

to cook rice you must put in rice; to speak you must be reasonable

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Without reason, nobody will listen, just as there is no rice without grain. Used to urge talking sense.

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Simplified: 煮饭要下米，说话要讲理
Traditional (Taiwan): 煮飯要下米，說話要講理
Traditional (Hong Kong): 煮飯要下米，説話要講理
Pinyin: zhǔfàn yào xià mǐ, shuōhuà yào jiǎnglǐ
Bopomofo: ㄓㄨˇ ㄈㄢˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄧˇ，ㄕㄨㄛㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧˇ

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

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