| 舍不得孩子套不住狼 |
shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng |
one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things |
| 舍 |
shě |
to give up; to abandon / to give alms |
| 舍 |
Shè |
surname She |
| 舍 |
shě |
old variant of 舍 |
| 舍 |
shè |
(bound form) residence; house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里 |
| 舍不得 |
shě bu de |
to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不得 |
bù dé |
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot |
| 得 |
dé |
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished |
| 得 |
dè |
used in 得瑟 |
| 得 |
de |
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 得 |
děi |
to have to / must / ought to / to need to |
| 孩 |
hái |
(bound form) child |
| 孩子 |
hái zi |
child |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |
| 套 |
tào |
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不住 |
bù zhù |
(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) / repeatedly; continuously; constantly |
| 住 |
zhù |
to live; to reside; to stay / to stop; to cease / (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) |
| 狼 |
láng |
wolf / CL:匹,只,条 |