酒不醉人人自醉,色不迷人人自迷 酒不醉人人自醉,色不迷人人自迷 酒不醉人人自醉,色不迷人人自迷

wine doesn't make a man drunk, he makes himself drunk; beauty doesn't bewitch a man, he bewitches himself

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning
The fault lies in people's own lack of self-control, not in drink or lust. Moralising.
Simplified
酒不醉人人自醉,色不迷人人自迷
Pinyin
jiǔ bú zuìrén rén zì zuì, sè bù mírén rén zì mí
Bopomofo
ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ,ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄇㄧˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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