有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
Pinyin

Definition

有奶便是娘
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yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
  1. lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
  2. fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
  3. to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie

Related Words (20)

shì
  1. 1 is
  2. 2 are
  3. 3 am
  4. 4 yes
  5. 5 to be
yǒu
  1. 1 to have
  2. 2 there is
  3. 3 there are
  4. 4 to exist
  5. 5 to be
méi yǒu
  1. 1 haven't
  2. 2 hasn't
  3. 3 doesn't exist
  4. 4 to not have
  5. 5 to not be
dàn shì
  1. 1 but
  2. 2 however
biàn
  1. 1 plain
  2. 2 informal
  3. 3 suitable
  4. 4 convenient
  5. 5 opportune
  6. 6 to urinate or defecate
  7. 7 equivalent to 就[jiù]: then
  8. 8 in that case
  9. 9 even if
  10. 10 soon afterwards

Idioms (20)

一是一,二是二
yī shì yī , èr shì èr
  1. 1 lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut
  3. 3 unequivocal
一无所有
yī wú suǒ yǒu
  1. 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
  2. 2 without two sticks to rub together
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
  1. 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
  2. 2 intrepid
三人行,必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...