萝卜快了不洗泥

Traditional: 蘿蔔快了不洗泥

luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní

Dictionary entry

when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom)

What does 萝卜快了不洗泥 mean?

萝卜快了不洗泥 (luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní) has the following dictionary meaning.

1when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom)

2fig. when business is booming, merchants tend to offer goods of inferior quality

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萝luóradish 卜Bǔsurname Bu 快kuàirapid · quick 了le(completed action marker) · (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-洗xǐto wash; to bathe · to develop (photographs)泥nímud · clay

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萝卜快了不洗泥

luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní

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