肥水不落外人田

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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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: féishuǐ bù 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

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)

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