劣幣驅逐良幣

See also: 劣币驱逐良币

Chinese

		inferior	money; coins; currency	to expel; to banish; to deport to expel; to banish; to deport; to drive	good; very; very much	money; coins; currency
trad. (劣幣驅逐良幣)		劣	幣	驅逐	良	幣
simp. (劣币驱逐良币)		劣	币	驱逐	良	币
Literally: “The bad coins drive out the good coins”.

Etymology

Possibly a calque of English bad money drives out good.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lièbì qūzhú liángbì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄑㄩ ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyut⁶ bai⁶ keoi¹ zuk⁶ loeng⁴ bai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lièbì qūzhú liángbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄑㄩ ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lièbì cyujhú liángbì
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴-pi⁴ chʻü¹-chu² liang²-pi⁴
    • Yale: lyè-bì chyū-jú lyáng-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liehbih chiujwu liangbih
    • Palladius: леби цюйчжу лянби (lebi cjujčžu ljanbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyut⁶ bai⁶ keoi¹ zuk⁶ loeng⁴ bai⁶
    • Yale: lyuht baih kēui juhk lèuhng baih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyt⁹ bai⁶ koey¹ dzuk⁹ loeng⁴ bai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lüd⁶ bei⁶ kêu¹ zug⁶ lêng⁴ bei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːt̚² pɐi̯²² kʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚² lœːŋ²¹ pɐi̯²²/

Proverb

劣幣驅逐良幣

1. bad money drives out good (Gresham's law)
2. (by extension) things of inferior quality will drive out things of superior quality

See also

• (Japanese) 悪貨は良貨を駆逐する