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
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: féishuǐ bù liú wàirén tián [Phonetic: féishuǐ 不 liú wàirén tián]
      • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: féishuěi bù lióu wàirén tián
      • Wade–Giles: fei2-shui3 pu4 liu2 wai4-jên2 tʻien2
      • Yale: féi-shwěi bù lyóu wài-rén tyán
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feirshoei bu liou wayren tyan
      • Palladius: фэйшуй бу лю вайжэнь тянь (fɛjšuj bu lju vajžɛnʹ tjanʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /feɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
  • Cantonese

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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