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肥水不流外人田

féi shuǐ bù liú wài rén tián

Definition

  1. (lit.) don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field
  2. (fig.) keep the goodies within the family (proverb)

Character Decomposition

肥
=
月
+
巴
水
=
亅
+
？
不
=
丆
+
卜
流
=
氵
+
㐬
外
=
夕
+
卜
人
=
人
田
=
冂
+
土

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