见贫休笑富休夸，谁是常贫久富家見貧休笑富休誇，誰是常貧久富家見貧休笑富休誇，誰是常貧久富家

don't laugh at the poor or praise the rich: who is always poor or long rich?

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Fortunes change, so don't look down on poverty or flatter wealth. Moralising.

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Simplified: 见贫休笑富休夸，谁是常贫久富家
Traditional (Taiwan): 見貧休笑富休誇，誰是常貧久富家
Pinyin: jiàn pín xiū xiào fù xiū kuā, shéi shì cháng pín jiǔ fùjiā
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄡㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡㄎㄨㄚ，ㄕㄟˊ ㄕˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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