有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
Pinyin
Definition
有奶便是娘
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- lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
- fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
- to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 is
- 2 are
- 3 am
- 4 yes
- 5 to be
- 1 to have
- 2 there is
- 3 there are
- 4 to exist
- 5 to be
- 1 haven't
- 2 hasn't
- 3 doesn't exist
- 4 to not have
- 5 to not be
- 1 but
- 2 however
- 1 plain
- 2 informal
- 3 suitable
- 4 convenient
- 5 opportune
- 6 to urinate or defecate
- 7 equivalent to 就[jiù]: then
- 8 in that case
- 9 even if
- 10 soon afterwards
Idioms (20)
一是一,二是二
- 1 lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
- 2 fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut
- 3 unequivocal
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together
一身是胆
- 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
- 2 intrepid
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三生有幸
- 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
- 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...