人怕出名猪怕肥 (人怕出名豬怕肥)
rén pà chū míng zhū pà féi
Pinyin

Definition

人怕出名猪怕肥 (人怕出名豬怕肥)
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rén pà chū míng zhū pà féi
  1. lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)
  2. fig. fame has its price

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
出
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity

Sample Sentences

人怕出名猪怕肥。做事这么张扬，一定会有麻烦。
rénpàchūmíngzhūpàféi 。zuò shì zhème zhāngyáng ，yīdìng huì yǒu máfan 。
Being too famous would ultimately lead to your downfall. Troubles come when you are too ostentatious.
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我们可以用这一句话“人怕出名猪怕肥”来形容公众人物。在中国，有一些公众人物喜欢开名车、戴名表，或是住豪宅。这样的行为，我们称作“炫富”。
wǒmen kěyǐ yòng zhè yī jù huà “rénpàchūmíngzhūpàféi ”lái xíngróng gōngzhòng rénwù 。zài Zhōngguó ，yǒu yīxiē gōngzhòng rénwù xǐhuan kāi míng chē 、dài míngbiǎo ，huòshì zhù háozhái 。zhèyàng de xíngwéi ，wǒmen chēngzuò “xuànfù ”。
We can use this proverb ‘Men are afraid of being famous, just as pigs are afraid of getting fat.’ to describe celebrities. There are some celebrities in China who like to drive luxurious cars, wear fancy watches, or live in luxurious houses. These behaviors are called ‘flaunting one’s wealth’.
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人怕出名猪怕肥”的意思就是人出了名，就会招来很多麻烦，就像猪肥的时候就会被杀来吃。
rénpàchūmíngzhūpàféi ”de yìsi jiù shì rén chū le míng ，jiù huì zhāo lái hěnduō máfan ，jiù xiàng zhū féi de shíhou jiù huì bèi shā lái chī 。
The proverb means being famous leads to trouble, just as pigs get slaughtered and eaten when they are fat enough.
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