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萝卜快了不洗泥

luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní

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Definitions

  1. 1. when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. when business is booming, merchants tend to offer goods of inferior quality