| 吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短 |
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn |
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted |
| 吃 |
chī |
to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 |
chī |
variant of 吃 |
| 吃人 |
chī rén |
exploitative / oppressive |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |
| 人家 |
rén jiā |
household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:户,家 |
| 人家 |
rén jia |
other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") |
| 家 |
jiā |
used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
| 家 |
jiā |
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个 |
| 家的 |
jiā de |
(old) wife |
| 的 |
de |
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs |
| 的 |
dī |
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士) |
| 的 |
dí |
really and truly |
| 的 |
dì |
(bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 嘴 |
zuǐ |
mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL:张,个 |
| 嘴软 |
zuǐ ruǎn |
soft-spoken / afraid to speak out |
| 软 |
ruǎn |
soft / flexible |
| 软 |
ruǎn |
variant of 软 |
| 拿 |
ná |
old variant of 拿 |
| 拿 |
ná |
variant of 拿 |
| 拿 |
ná |
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) |
| 拿人 |
ná rén |
making things awkward / to cause difficulties / to exert influence / to attract |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |
| 人家 |
rén jiā |
household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:户,家 |
| 人家 |
rén jia |
other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") |
| 家 |
jiā |
used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
| 家 |
jiā |
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个 |
| 家的 |
jiā de |
(old) wife |
| 的 |
de |
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs |
| 的 |
dī |
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士) |
| 的 |
dí |
really and truly |
| 的 |
dì |
(bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 手 |
shǒu |
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:双,只 |
| 短 |
duǎn |
short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault |