各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè​rén​zì​sǎo​mén​qián​xuě​mò​guǎn​tā​jiā​wǎ​shàng​shuāng

everyone should mind their own business

  1. 各人 gè​rén
    each one; everyone
    each person individually; every person
  2. 自扫门前雪 自掃門前雪 zì​sǎo​mén​qián​xuě
    to mind one's own business
    To clear the snow from only one's own doorstep; an idiom meaning to only care about one's own interests and be indifferent to others
  3. ， mò
    non-Chinese
  4. 莫 mò
    do not
    (literary) do not; must not; used as a command to forbid an action
  5. 管 guǎn verb
    to manage
    to be in charge of; to run; to manage; to take care of; to discipline; to mind or bother about
  6. 他家 tā​jiā
    someone else's home
    someone else's home; other people's homes
  7. 瓦 wǎ nounverb
    tile
    roof tile; building material made of fired clay, cement, or other materials used for covering roofs
  8. 上 shang locative
    on
    (suffix) on; in; at; on the surface of; used after a noun to indicate a location, scope, or aspect
  9. 霜 shuāng noun
    frost
    white ice crystals that form on surfaces from water vapor in the air; frost