麻袋草袋，一袋不如一袋麻袋草袋，一袋不如一袋麻袋草袋，一袋不如一袋

Hemp sack and straw sack: each sack is worse than the last

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Each generation is worse than the one before. Critical.
Wordplay: 袋 (dài, 'sack') puns on 代 (dài, 'generation').

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Simplified: 麻袋草袋，一袋不如一袋
Pinyin: mádài cǎo dài, yí dài bùrú yí dài
Bopomofo: ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄉㄞˋ，ㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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