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 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 bad money drives out good.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lièbì qūzhú liángbì
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄑㄩ ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: lièbì qūzhú liángbì
      • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄑㄩ ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liehbih chiujwu liangbih
      • IPA (key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ pi⁵¹/

Proverb

劣幣驅逐良幣

  1. Mediocre talent will drive away people of real talent.
  2. bad money drives out good (Gresham's law)

See also
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