Zhāng Sān yǒuqián, bù huì shǐ; Lǐ Sì huì shǐ què wú qián.

張三有錢不會使, 李四會使卻無錢。

Lit “Third Brother Zhang” is wealthy, [but] doesn't know how to [make the best] use [of it], while “Fourth Brother Li” [who does] know, has no money.

Fig That's how life is: those who have the money don't know how to use it, and those who know how don't have any.

Note [Note: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì, (lit) “Third Brother Zhang and Fourth Brother Li,” is an idiom equivalent to “Tom and Jack,” meaning “this one and that one.”]

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