穷媳妇知米贵 窮媳婦知米貴 窮媳婦知米貴

a poor daughter-in-law knows how dear rice is

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
A poor housewife knows how to live frugally; more broadly, only hardship teaches how hard life is.
Simplified
穷媳妇知米贵
Traditional (Taiwan)
窮媳婦知米貴
Pinyin
qióng xífù zhī mǐ guì
Bopomofo
ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄒㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓ ㄇㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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