肥水不落外人田

Chinese

			not; no	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	non-family member; outsider; stranger	field; farm
trad. (肥水不落外人田)		肥水	不	落	外人	田
simp. #(肥水不落外人田)		肥水	不	落	外人	田
Literally: “Fertile water should not flow into someone else's field.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): féishuǐ bù luò wàirén tián

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: féishuǐ bù luò wàirén tián [Phonetic: féishuǐ bú luò wàirén tián]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: féishuěi bù luò wàirén tián
    • Wade–Giles: fei²-shui³ pu⁴ lo⁴ wai⁴-jên² tʻien²
    • Yale: féi-shwěi bù lwò wài-rén tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feirshoei bu luoh wayren tyan
    • Palladius: фэйшуй бу ло вайжэнь тянь (fɛjšuj bu lo vajžɛnʹ tjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

Proverb

肥水不落外人田

1. a benefit should not be given to others and should be shared exclusively among one’s own people

Synonyms

• 肥水不流外人田 (féishuǐ bù liú wàirén tián)