酒不在多，只要醇；蜜不在多，只要甜酒不在多，只要醇；蜜不在多，只要甜酒不在多，只要醇；蜜不在多，只要甜

wine need not be plentiful, only mellow; honey need not be plentiful, only sweet

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: What matters is quality, not quantity, especially of words: a few well-chosen ones that please are enough.

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Simplified: 酒不在多，只要醇；蜜不在多，只要甜
Pinyin: jiǔ bú zài duō, zhǐyào chún; mì bú zài duō, zhǐyào tián
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄨㄛ，ㄓˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄨㄣˊ；ㄇㄧˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄨㄛ，ㄓˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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