(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom); not to treat everyone equally favorably
trad. 看人下菜碟兒
Also written 看人下菜碟兒【kàn rén xià cài dié r】
Characters in this word
6看
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to look after, to take care of, to watch, to guard
- Pinyin
- kān
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 67 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
下
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down, downwards, below, lower, later, next (week etc), second (of two parts), to decline, to go down, to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc), measure word to show the frequency of an action
- Pinyin
- xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 184 of 2500
菜
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vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]), dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]), (of one's skills etc) weak; poor, (coll.) (one's) type
- Pinyin
- cài
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2343 of 2500
碟
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dish, plate
- Pinyin
- dié
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 16291 of 2500
儿
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child, son
- Pinyin
- ér
- Traditional
- 兒
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 3200 of 2500