会哭的孩子有奶吃
huì​kū​de​hái​zi​yǒu​nǎi​chī

the squeaky wheel gets the grease

  • created sense approved 会哭的孩子有奶吃/會哭的孩子有奶吃 · huì​kū​de​hái​zi​yǒu​nǎi​chī · the squeaky wheel gets the grease — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    会哭的孩子有奶吃 / 會哭的孩子有奶吃

    huì​kū​de​hái​zi​yǒu​nǎi​chī

    the squeaky wheel gets the grease

    Literally "the child who cries gets milk"; the person who complains the loudest is the one who gets attention or gets attention or has their needs met.

    会 (literal) → 会/會 · huì · [can] 哭 (literal) → 哭 · kū · to cry 的 (literal) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 孩子 (literal) → 孩子 · hái​zi · child 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 奶 (literal) → 奶 · nǎi · milk 吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to eat

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

    created sense