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蘿蔔快了不洗泥
简 萝卜快了不洗泥 · 繁 蘿蔔快了不洗泥Mandarin · pinyin luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní
Meanings
- when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom)
- fig. when business is booming, merchants tend to offer goods of inferior quality
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- 蘿
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- 蔔
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- 快
- kuài · rapid, quick, speedy, fast; soon
- 了
- le · to finish; particle of completed action
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 洗
- xǐ · wash, rinse; clean, purify
- 泥
- ní · mud, mire; earth, clay; plaster
- 萝
- luó · type of creeping plant; turnip
- 卜
- bo · bǔ · fortune telling; prophesy
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Mandarin tones
2–5–4–5–4–3–2 · luo2 bo5 kuai4 le5 bu4 xi3 ni2
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