一马勺坏一锅
Traditional form:
一馬勺壞一鍋
Pinyin (reading):
yīmǎsháohuàiyīguō
Definitions:
- one ladle (of sth bad) spoils the (whole) pot (idiom)
- one bad apple spoils the barrel
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 马 - horse; surname
- 勺 - spoon, ladle; unit of volume
- 坏 - bad, rotten, spoiled; to break down
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 锅 - cooking-pot, saucepan
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