人怕出名猪怕肥
rén​pà​chū​míng​zhū​pà​féi

fame has its price

  • created reference approved 人怕出名猪怕肥/人怕出名豬怕肥 → 人怕出名猪怕壮/人怕出名豬怕壯 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人怕出名猪怕肥 / 人怕出名豬怕肥 rén​pà​chū​míng​zhū​pà​féi

    人怕出名猪怕壮 / 人怕出名豬怕壯 rén​pà​chū​míng​zhū​pà​zhuàng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 人怕出名猪怕肥/人怕出名豬怕肥 · rén​pà​chū​míng​zhū​pà​féi · fame has its price — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人怕出名猪怕肥 / 人怕出名豬怕肥

    rén​pà​chū​míng​zhū​pà​féi

    fame has its price

    literally people fear getting famous as pigs fear fattening up; suggests that being well-known often brings unwanted trouble or extra scrutiny

    人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 怕 (literal) → 怕 · pà · to fear 出名 (literal) → 出名 · chū​míng · to become famous 猪 (literal) → 猪/豬 · zhū · pig 怕 (literal) → 怕 · pà · to fear 肥 (literal) → 肥 · féi · fat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense