肥水不流外人田

Chinese

not; no
to flow; to spread; to circulate
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
 
 non-family member; outsider; stranger field; farm
trad. (肥水不流外人田) 肥水 不 流 外人 田
simp. #(肥水不流外人田) 肥水 不 流 外人 田
Literally: “Fertile water should not flow into someone else's field.”

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): féishuǐ bù liú wàirén tián
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): fei4 seoi2 bat1 lau4 ngoi6 jan4 tin4

Proverb

肥水不流外人田

  1. synonym of 肥水不落外人田 (féishuǐ bù luò wàirén tián, “a benefit should not be given to others and should be shared exclusively among one’s own people”)
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