a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)
trad. 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧
Also written 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧【ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín】
Characters in this word
8儿
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child, son
- Pinyin
- ér
- Traditional
- 兒
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 3200 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
嫌
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to dislike, suspicion, resentment, enmity, abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect
- Pinyin
- xián
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 7342 of 2500
母
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mother, elderly female relative, origin, source, (of animals) female
- Pinyin
- mǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 10584 of 2500
丑
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surname Chou
- Pinyin
- Chǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 6087 of 2500
狗
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dog, CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- Pinyin
- gǒu
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 634 of 2500
家
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used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
- Pinyin
- jiā
- Traditional
- 傢
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 400 of 2500
贫
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poor, inadequate, deficient, garrulous
- Pinyin
- pín
- Traditional
- 貧
- Strokes
- 8