看人挑担不费力，自己挑担重千斤看人挑擔不費力，自己挑擔重千斤看人挑擔不費力，自己挑擔重千斤

watching others carry a load takes no effort, carrying it yourself weighs a thousand jin

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Watching from the sidelines it looks easy, but doing the task yourself shows how hard it is. Said to critics who underrate others' work.

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Simplified: 看人挑担不费力，自己挑担重千斤
Traditional (Taiwan): 看人挑擔不費力，自己挑擔重千斤
Pinyin: kàn rén tiāodàn bú fèilì, zìjǐ tiāodàn zhòng qiānjīn
Bopomofo: ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄠㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ，ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄠㄉㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ

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

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