劣幣驅逐良幣

See also: 劣币驱逐良币

Chinese

inferior money; coins; currency
to expel; to banish; to deport
to expel; to banish; to deport; to drive
 
 good; very; very much money; coins; currency
trad. (劣幣驅逐良幣) 劣 幣 驅逐 良 幣
simp. (劣币驱逐良币) 劣 币 驱逐 良 币
Literally: “The bad coins drive out the good coins”.

Etymology

Possibly a calque of English bad money drives out good.

Pronunciation

Proverb

劣幣驅逐良幣

  1. bad money drives out good (Gresham's law)
  2. (by extension) things of inferior quality will drive out things of superior quality

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.