饿出来的见识，穷出来的聪明餓出來的見識，窮出來的聰明餓出來的見識，窮出來的聰明

insight that comes from hunger, cleverness that comes from poverty

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Hardship pushes people to work hard, learn and become resourceful.

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Simplified: 饿出来的见识，穷出来的聪明
Traditional (Taiwan): 餓出來的見識，窮出來的聰明
Pinyin: è chūlái de jiànshi, qióng chūlái de cōngming
Bopomofo: ㄜˋ ㄔㄨㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄕ，ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄘㄨㄥ ˙ㄇㄧㄥ

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

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