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

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• 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 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.