生子莫生多，生多换破锅生子莫生多，生多換破鍋生子莫生多，生多換破鍋

don't have many children; many children means trading for a broken pot

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Have few children, since too many will lower the family's living standard. Reflects family-planning rhetoric.

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Simplified: 生子莫生多，生多换破锅
Traditional (Taiwan): 生子莫生多，生多換破鍋
Pinyin: shēngzǐ mò shēng duō, shēng duō huàn pò guō
Bopomofo: ㄕㄥㄗˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄥㄉㄨㄛ，ㄕㄥㄉㄨㄛㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄛ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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