| 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 |
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng |
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom) |
| 各 |
gè |
each / every |
| 各人 |
gè rén |
each one; everyone |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |
| 自 |
zì |
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 扫 |
sǎo |
to sweep (with a brush or broom) / to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan |
| 扫 |
sào |
(bound form) a (large) broom |
| 门 |
Mén |
surname Men |
| 门 |
mén |
gate / door / CL:扇 / gateway / doorway / CL:个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 门前 |
mén qián |
in front of the door |
| 前 |
qián |
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly |
| 雪 |
Xuě |
surname Xue |
| 雪 |
xuě |
snow / CL:场 / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) |
| 莫 |
Mò |
surname Mo |
| 莫 |
mò |
do not / there is none who |
| 管 |
guǎn |
variant of 管 |
| 管 |
Guǎn |
surname Guan |
| 管 |
guǎn |
to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards |
| 管他 |
guǎn tā |
no matter if / regardless of / don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter |
| 他 |
tā |
(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人) |
| 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 |
| 瓦 |
wǎ |
roof tile / abbr. for 瓦特 |
| 上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
| 上 |
shàng |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above |
| 霜 |
shuāng |
frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream |