See 欺山莫欺水 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Rather climb a mountain than swim or play in the water; i.e. better the Devil you know, alluding to the fact that when climbing a mountain, all dangers are clearly visible but when swimming, there may be invisible dangers lurking."
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"zh_pron": "hei¹ saan¹ mok⁶ hei¹ seoi²"
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},
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"word": "欺山莫欺水"
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