闲饭难吃,闲话难听閒飯難吃,閒話難聽閒飯難吃,閒話難聽

idle rice is hard to eat, idle talk is hard to hear

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Living off others without work is uncomfortable, and gossip behind your back is hard to bear.

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Simplified: 闲饭难吃,闲话难听
Traditional (Taiwan): 閒飯難吃,閒話難聽
Pinyin: xiánfàn nán chī,xiánhuà nántīng
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄢˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄔ,ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄥ

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

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