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不患寡而患不均

Mandarin · pinyin bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn

do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)

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4–4–3–2–4–4–1 · bu4 huan4 gua3 er2 huan4 bu4 jun1

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bat1 waan6 gwaa2 ji4 waan6 bat1 gwan1

Cantonese word readings for 不患寡而患不均. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

bat1 waan6 gwaa2 ji4 waan6 bat1 gwan1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(of money, wealth etc.) Do not worry if there is not enough to go around, only worry if it is not evenly distributed (among the people).