Definition & Meaning

1.it's better to eat a peach than a basket of rotten apricots

2.place quality above quantity

Vocabulary

níng chī xiān táo yī kǒu bù chī làn xìng yī kuāng

宁 吃 仙 桃 一 口 不 吃 烂 杏 一 筐

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1
it's better to eat a peach than a basket of rotten apricots
2
place quality above quantity

Vocabulary of 宁吃仙桃一口，不吃烂杏一筐

一
[hsk1]one; another
不
[hsk1]not; used to reply in the negative
吃
[hsk1]eat; eat
口
[hsk3]mouth; one's taste
宁
[hsk6]peaceful; pacify
烂
[hsk5]soft; rotten
杏
apricot
筐
[hsk6]basket; basketful
仙桃
peach of immortality

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