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兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧
简 儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫 · 繁 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧Mandarin · pinyin ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín
Meanings
- a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)
Characters in this entry
- 兒
- ér · son, child, oneself; final part
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 嫌
- xián · hate, detest; suspect; criticize
- 母
- mǔ · mother; female elders; female
- 醜
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- 狗
- gǒu · dog, Canis familiaris
- 家
- jiā · house, home, residence; family
- 貧
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- 儿
- ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10
- 丑
- chǒu · clown, comedian; second earthly branch
- 贫
- pín · poor, impoverished, needy
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Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading
ji4 bat1 jim4 mou5 cau2, gau2 bat1 jim4 gaa1 pan4
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