| 羊毛出在羊身上 |
yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng |
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free. |
| 羊 |
Yáng |
surname Yang |
| 羊 |
yáng |
sheep; goat / CL:头,只 |
| 羊毛 |
yáng máo |
fleece / wool / woolen |
| 毛 |
Máo |
surname Mao |
| 毛 |
máo |
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) |
| 出 |
chū |
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 |
chū |
variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 在 |
zài |
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 羊 |
Yáng |
surname Yang |
| 羊 |
yáng |
sheep; goat / CL:头,只 |
| 身 |
shēn |
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 |
| 身上 |
shēn shang |
on the body / at hand / among |
| 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 |