要饭的起五更,穷忙 要飯的起五更,窮忙 要飯的起五更,窮忙

a beggar gets up at the fifth watch: busy because poor

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Busy all the time for little gain, or swamped by a lot of petty business.
Simplified
要饭的起五更,穷忙
Traditional (Taiwan)
要飯的起五更,窮忙
Pinyin
yàofàn de qǐwǔgēng,qióngmáng
Bopomofo
ㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄑㄧˇ ㄨˇ ㄍㄥ,ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄇㄤˊ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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