萝卜快了不洗泥

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

radish

radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bai2 luo2 bo5] / CL:個|个[ge4],根[gen1]

(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose

see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]

rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant

(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly

(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly

unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

to wash / to bathe / to develop (photo)

mud / clay / paste / pulp

restrained