要饭的借算盘,穷有穷打算要飯的借算盤,窮有窮打算要飯的借算盤,窮有窮打算

a beggar borrows an abacus: the poor have their own calculations

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Even people in need have their own plans and figuring.
Wordplay: 打算 (dǎsuan) means both to calculate on an abacus and to plan; the beggar makes his own plans.

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Simplified: 要饭的借算盘,穷有穷打算
Traditional (Taiwan): 要飯的借算盤,窮有窮打算
Pinyin: yàofàn de jiè suànpán,qióng yǒu qióng dǎsuàn
Bopomofo: ㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄢˊ,ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄙㄨㄢˋ

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

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