Shē sān bùdí xiàn èr.

賒三不敵見二。

Lit [Getting] a promise for three is not as good as actually seeing two [in hand].

Fig “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”

Note [Cf. JW, chap. 3; also said qiān qián shē bùrú bābǎi xiàn in Xǐngshì Héngyán, chap. 20; Hé Diǎn, chap. 4; note: shēqiàn “to give or get credit”; see also duō dé bùrú above and shí shē bùrú below.]

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