铜驴铁骡,纸糊的马 銅驢鐵騾,紙糊的馬 銅驢鐵騾,紙糊的馬

copper donkey, iron mule, a horse made of pasted paper

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Donkeys rarely get sick and are easier to keep than mules, and mules are easier than horses. A farmers' saying about livestock.
Simplified
铜驴铁骡,纸糊的马
Traditional (Taiwan)
銅驢鐵騾,紙糊的馬
Pinyin
tóng lǘ tiě luó, zhǐ hú de mǎ
Bopomofo
ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄩˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨㄛˊ,ㄓˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄇㄚˇ

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

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