A bad workman quarrels with his tools – 手艺差的工人总是抱怨工具不好使
Chinese Sentence: 手艺差的工人总是抱怨工具不好使。
English Translation: A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Tones | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 手艺 | 手藝 | shou3 yi4 | shǒu yì | craft / workmanship / one’s cooking |
| 差 | 差 | cha1 | chā | difference / discrepancy / to differ / error / to err / to make a mistake |
| 的 | 的 | de5 | de | of / structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
| 工人 | 工人 | gong1 ren2 | gōng rén | worker / CL:個|个 |
| 总是 | 總是 | zong3 shi4 | zǒng shì | always |
| 抱怨 | 抱怨 | bao4 yuan4 | bào yuàn | to complain / to grumble |
| 工具 | 工具 | gong1 ju4 | gōng jù | tool / instrument / utensil / means / CL:個|个 |
| 不 | 不 | bu4 | bù | (negative prefix) / not / no |
| 好使 | 好使 | hao3 shi3 | hǎo shǐ | so that / in order to / easy to use |