every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans
trad. 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇
Also written 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇【Lǎo Wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā】
Characters in this word
6老
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prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 511 of 2500
王
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surname Wang
- Pinyin
- Wáng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2561 of 2500
卖
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to sell, to betray, to spare no effort, to show off or flaunt
- Pinyin
- mài
- Traditional
- 賣
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 805 of 2500
瓜
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melon; gourd; squash, (slang) a piece of gossip
- Pinyin
- guā
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 13003 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
夸
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used in transliteration
- Pinyin
- kuā
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 12079 of 2500