端着金碗讨饭，装穷叫苦端著金碗討飯，裝窮叫苦端着金碗討飯，裝窮叫苦

begging for food while holding a golden bowl: pretending to be poor and crying hardship

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Mocks people who fail to use the resources they have and instead plead poverty and rely on handouts.

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Simplified: 端着金碗讨饭，装穷叫苦
Traditional (Taiwan): 端著金碗討飯，裝窮叫苦
Traditional (Hong Kong): 端着金碗討飯，裝窮叫苦
Pinyin: duānzhe jīnwǎn tǎofàn, zhuāngqióngjiàokǔ
Bopomofo: ㄉㄨㄢ ˙ㄓㄜㄐㄧㄣㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄠˇ ㄈㄢˋ，ㄓㄨㄤㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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