lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter); fig. fame has its price
trad. 人怕出名豬怕壯
Also written 人怕出名豬怕壯【rén pà chū míng zhū pà zhuàng】
Characters in this word
6人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
怕
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surname Pa
- Pinyin
- Pà
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 785 of 2500
出
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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
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 328 of 2500
名
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name, noun (part of speech), place (e.g. among winners), famous, classifier for people
- Pinyin
- míng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1479 of 2500
猪
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hog, pig, swine, CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]
- Pinyin
- zhū
- Traditional
- 豬
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 1951 of 2500
壮
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Zhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in China
- Pinyin
- Zhuàng
- Traditional
- 壯
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 17782 of 2500