sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
trad. 各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
Also written 各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜【gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng】
Characters in this word
14各
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each, every
- Pinyin
- gè
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 3130 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
自
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(bound form) self; oneself, from; since, naturally; as a matter of course
- Pinyin
- zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1586 of 2500
扫
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to sweep (with a brush or broom), to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of, to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
- Pinyin
- sǎo
- Traditional
- 掃
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 7425 of 2500
门
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surname Men
- Pinyin
- Mén
- Traditional
- 門
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 909 of 2500
前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500
雪
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surname Xue
- Pinyin
- Xuě
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3640 of 2500
莫
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surname Mo
- Pinyin
- Mò
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2902 of 2500
管
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variant of 管[guan3]
- Pinyin
- guǎn
- Traditional
- 筦
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 1150 of 2500
他
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(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his, (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- Pinyin
- tā
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7 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
瓦
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roof tile, abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
- Pinyin
- wǎ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 5429 of 2500
上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 of 2500
霜
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frost, white powder or cream spread over a surface, frosting, (skin) cream
- Pinyin
- shuāng
- Strokes
- 17
- Frequency
- 22034 of 2500