锣鼓长了无好戏鑼鼓長了無好戲鑼鼓長了無好戲

If the gongs and drums go on too long, there's no good play

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: If the preparation drags on too long, the main event will suffer. Used as a criticism of overlong build-ups.

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Simplified: 锣鼓长了无好戏
Traditional (Taiwan): 鑼鼓長了無好戲
Pinyin: luógǔ chángle wú hǎoxì
Pinyin (Taiwan): luógǔ zhǎngle wú hǎoxì
Bopomofo: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄓㄤˇ ˙ㄌㄜㄨˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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