车多碍辙，船多擦边車多礙轍，船多擦邊車多礙轍，船多擦邊

too many carts block the ruts; too many boats scrape sides

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Too much of something becomes a hindrance. Greed for more backfires.

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Simplified: 车多碍辙，船多擦边
Traditional (Taiwan): 車多礙轍，船多擦邊
Pinyin: chē duō ài zhé, chuán duō cābiān
Pinyin (Taiwan): chē duō ài chè, chuán duō cābiān
Bopomofo: ㄔㄜㄉㄨㄛㄞˋ ㄔㄜˋ，ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄛㄘㄚㄅㄧㄢ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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