财主的金银，穷人的性命財主的金銀，窮人的性命財主的金銀，窮人的性命

The rich man's gold and silver are the poor man's lives

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Says that the wealth of the rich in the old society was squeezed out of the poor. Critical of exploitation.

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Simplified: 财主的金银，穷人的性命
Traditional (Taiwan): 財主的金銀，窮人的性命
Pinyin: cáizhǔ de jīnyín, qióngrén de xìngmìng
Bopomofo: ㄘㄞˊ ㄓㄨˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄐㄧㄣㄧㄣˊ，ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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

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