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萝卜快了不洗泥

luó bo kuài le bù xǐ nídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom) / fig. when business is booming, merchants tend to offer goods of inferior quality
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-918ca365eb1d51a9. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

蘿蔔快了不洗泥 萝卜快了不洗泥 [luo2 bo5 kuai4 le5 bu4 xi3 ni2] /when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom)/fig. when business is booming, merchants tend to offer goods of inferior quality/

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Other forms in these source records: 蘿蔔快了不洗泥

  • 萝
    luó

    radish

  • 卜
    bǔ

    (bound form) to divine

    bó

    used in 蘿蔔|萝卜[luó bo]

    Bǔ

    surname Bu

  • 快
    kuài

    rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant

  • 了
    le

    (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

    liǎo

    to finish / (used with 得[dé] or 不[bù] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wàng bu liǎo] "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wú] or 不[bù]) completely (not) / entirely (not) / (not) in the least / (bound form) clear in one's mind / to understand clearly

    liào

    See the full entry for source details.

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 洗
    xǐ

    to wash / to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording)

    xiǎn

    used in 洗馬|洗马[xiǎn mǎ]

  • 泥
    ní

    mud / clay / paste / pulp

    nì

    restrained

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