读书人的子弟熟悉笔墨，木匠的孩子会玩斧凿讀書人的子弟熟悉筆墨，木匠的孩子會玩斧鑿讀書人的子弟熟悉筆墨，木匠的孩子會玩斧鑿

a scholar's children know brush and ink; a carpenter's children can play with axe and chisel

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A person's upbringing is deeply shaped by the family. Like 'like father, like son'.

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Simplified: 读书人的子弟熟悉笔墨，木匠的孩子会玩斧凿
Traditional (Taiwan): 讀書人的子弟熟悉筆墨，木匠的孩子會玩斧鑿
Pinyin: dúshūrén de zǐdì shúxī bǐmò, mùjiàng de háizi huì wán fǔzáo
Bopomofo: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄗˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ，ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄗㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄢˊ ㄈㄨˇ ㄗㄠˊ

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

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