能者多劳
Traditional form:
能者多勞
Pinyin (reading):
néngzhěduōláo
Definitions:
- (idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)
Characters:
- 能 - can, may; capable, full of energy
- 者 - that which; they who; those who
- 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
- 劳 - to labor, to toil; to do manual work
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