有事鐘無艷，無事夏迎春
简 有事钟无艳，无事夏迎春 · 繁 有事鐘無艷，無事夏迎春Meanings
- one turns to those who are helpful but not pleasing in times of needs, but turns to those who are pleasing but not helpful in troublefree times [written and colloquial]
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: you3shi4 zhong1 wu2 yan4, wu2 shi4 xia4 ying2chun1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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