| 酒香不怕巷子深 |
jiǔ xiāng bù pà xiàng zi shēn |
fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom) / quality goods need no advertising |
| 酒 |
jiǔ |
wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL:杯,瓶,罐,桶,缸 |
| 香 |
xiāng |
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根 |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不怕 |
bù pà |
fearless / not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) / even if / even though |
| 怕 |
Pà |
surname Pa |
| 怕 |
pà |
to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps |
| 巷 |
xiàng |
lane / alley |
| 巷子 |
xiàng zi |
alley |
| 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" |
| 深 |
shēn |
old variant of 深 |
| 深 |
shēn |
deep (lit. and fig.) |