粉刷的乌鸦白不久 粉刷的烏鴉白不久 粉刷的烏鴉白不久

a whitewashed crow won't stay white long

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning
Disguise cannot last forever and the real nature will show. A critical warning about fakery.
Simplified
粉刷的乌鸦白不久
Traditional (Taiwan)
粉刷的烏鴉白不久
Pinyin
fěnshuā de wūyā bái bùjiǔ
Bopomofo
ㄈㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄚ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄨ ㄧㄚ ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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