隋炀帝下江南,自坐龙舟人拉纤 隋煬帝下江南,自坐龍舟人拉縴 隋煬帝下江南,自坐龍舟人拉縴

Emperor Yang of Sui goes south of the Yangtze: he rides the dragon boat himself while others tow it

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Describes someone who enjoys the fruits of other people's hard labour. Critical.
Simplified
隋炀帝下江南,自坐龙舟人拉纤
Traditional (Taiwan)
隋煬帝下江南,自坐龍舟人拉縴
Pinyin
Suí Yángdì xià Jiāngnán, zì zuò lóngzhōu rén lāqiàn
Bopomofo
ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ,ㄗˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄡ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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