Entry
吃chī人rén家jiā的de嘴zuǐ软ruǎn，,拿ná人rén家jiā的de手shǒu短duǎn

  1. lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom); fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted

    trad. 吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短

Also written 吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短【chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn】

Characters in this word

9
的
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

of; ~'s (possessive particle), (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun), (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis), (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"), also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

Pinyin
de
Strokes
8
Frequency
1 of 2500
Words starting with 的Words ending in 的Anywhere in a word
手
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hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill, CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pinyin
shǒu
Strokes
4
Frequency
490 of 2500
Words starting with 手Words ending in 手Anywhere in a word