舍不得金弹子，打不住银凤凰捨不得金彈子，打不住銀鳳凰捨不得金彈子，打不住銀鳳凰

if you won't spare the golden pellet you can't shoot the silver phoenix

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Unless you're willing to pay a high price you won't get a big reward.

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Simplified: 舍不得金弹子，打不住银凤凰
Traditional (Taiwan): 捨不得金彈子，打不住銀鳳凰
Pinyin: shěbùde jīn dànzi, dǎbúzhù yín fènghuáng
Bopomofo: ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄐㄧㄣㄉㄢˋ ˙ㄗ，ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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