真穷好过，假富难当真窮好過，假富難當真窮好過，假富難當

real poverty is easy to get through, pretending to be rich is hard to bear

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Honest poverty is easier to endure than keeping up a false show of wealth. It warns against pretence.

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Simplified: 真穷好过，假富难当
Traditional (Taiwan): 真窮好過，假富難當
Pinyin: zhēn qióng hǎoguò, jiǎ fù nándāng
Bopomofo: ㄓㄣㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ，ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄤ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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