穷在闹市无人问,富在深山有远亲窮在鬧市無人問,富在深山有遠親窮在鬧市無人問,富在深山有遠親

poor in a busy market no one asks after you; rich in deep mountains you have distant relatives

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: People fawn on the rich and shun the poor. Said cynically of snobbery. Compare 'a rich man has many friends'.

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Simplified: 穷在闹市无人问,富在深山有远亲
Traditional (Taiwan): 窮在鬧市無人問,富在深山有遠親
Pinyin: qióng zài nàoshì wúrén wèn,fù zài shēnshān yǒu yuǎnqīn
Bopomofo: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄋㄠˋ ㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ,ㄈㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄣㄕㄢㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄣ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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