萝卜快了不洗泥

luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní

释义

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

萝卜快了不洗泥 的构成词

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 了 le: (completed action marker)
• 快 kuài: rapid
• 泥 ní: mud
• 泥 nì: restrained
• 洗 xǐ: to wash; to bathe
• 了 liǎo: (of eyes) bright
• 萝卜 luó bo: radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bái luó bo]
• 卜 bǔ: (bound form) to divine
• 卜 bo: see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luó bo]
• 萝 luó: radish