人善得人欺，馬善得人騎

Chinese
man; person; people good
 
get; obtain; gain
get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
 man; person; people take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat horse; surname good
 
get; obtain; gain
get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
 man; person; people to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride
trad. (人善得人欺，馬善得人騎) 人 善 得 人 欺 ， 馬 善 得 人 騎
simp. (人善得人欺，马善得人骑) 人 善 得 人 欺 ， 马 善 得 人 骑

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rén shàn dé rén qī, mǎ shàn dé rén qí
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧ , ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄢˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧˊ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: rén shàn dé rén qī, mǎ shàn dé rén qí
      • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧ , ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄢˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: rén shàn dé rén ci, mǎ shàn dé rén cí
      • Wade–Giles: jên2 shan4 tê2 jên2 chʻi1, ma3 shan4 tê2 jên2 chʻi2
      • Yale: rén shàn dé rén chī-, mǎ shàn dé rén chí
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren shann der ren chi, maa shann der ren chyi
      • Palladius: жэнь шань дэ жэнь ци, ма шань дэ жэнь ци (žɛnʹ šanʹ dɛ žɛnʹ ci, ma šanʹ dɛ žɛnʹ ci)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂän⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

Proverb

人善得人欺，馬善得人騎

  1. nice guys finish last

Synonyms
  • 人善被人欺，馬善被人騎／人善被人欺，马善被人骑

References

“Entry #135900”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

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