| 不怕不识货，只怕货比货 |
bù pà bù shí huò , zhǐ pà huò bǐ huò |
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不怕 |
bù pà |
fearless / not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) / even if / even though |
| 怕 |
Pà |
surname Pa |
| 怕 |
pà |
to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 识 |
shí |
to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4] |
| 识 |
zhì |
to record / to write a footnote |
| 识货 |
shí huò |
to know what's what |
| 货 |
huò |
goods / money / commodity / CL:个 |
| 只 |
zhī |
variant of 只 |
| 只 |
zhǐ |
only; merely; just |
| 只 |
zhǐ |
variant of 只 |
| 只 |
zhī |
grain that has begun to ripen |
| 只 |
zhǐ |
variant of 只 |
| 只 |
zhī |
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 只怕 |
zhǐ pà |
I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe / very likely |
| 怕 |
Pà |
surname Pa |
| 怕 |
pà |
to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps |
| 货 |
huò |
goods / money / commodity / CL:个 |
| 比 |
Bǐ |
Belgium / Belgian / abbr. for 比利时 |
| 比 |
bī |
euphemistic variant of 屄 |
| 比 |
bǐ |
to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 货 |
huò |
goods / money / commodity / CL:个 |