远来的和尚会念经

yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīng

the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom)

foreign talent is valued higher than local talent

yuǎn

far

lái

to come

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle)

(literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2])

shang

still

huì

can; to have the skill; to know how to

niàn

to read

jīng

classics