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看人下菜碟兒

简看人下菜碟儿 · 繁看人下菜碟兒

Mandarin · pinyin kàn rén xià cài dié r

(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
not to treat everyone equally favorably

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看: kàn · look, see; examine, scrutinize
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
菜: cài · vegetables; dish, order; food
碟: dié · small dish, plate
兒: ér · son, child, oneself; final part
儿: ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10

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4–2–4–4–2–5 · kan4 ren2 xia4 cai4 die2 r5

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