| 萝卜快了不洗泥 |
luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní |
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 |
| 萝 |
luó |
radish |
| 萝卜 |
luó bo |
radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon / CL:个,根 |
| 卜 |
Bǔ |
surname Bu |
| 卜 |
bǔ |
(bound form) to divine |
| 卜 |
bó |
used in 萝卜 |
| 快 |
kuài |
rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant |
| 了 |
le |
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 了) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly |
| 了 |
liào |
unofficial variant of 瞭 |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 洗 |
xǐ |
to wash; to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording) |
| 洗 |
xiǎn |
used in 洗马 |
| 泥 |
ní |
mud / clay / paste / pulp |
| 泥 |
nì |
restrained |