便宜不过当家
pián​yi​bù​guò​dāng​jiā

perks should stay within the family

  • created sense approved 便宜不过当家/便宜不過當家 · pián​yi​bù​guò​dāng​jiā · perks should stay within the family — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    便宜不过当家 / 便宜不過當家

    pián​yi​bù​guò​dāng​jiā

    perks should stay within the family

    Benefits or advantages should be kept for one's own family members or close associates rather than letting outsiders benefit

    pián​yi​bu​guò​dāng​jiā

    便宜 (literal) → 便宜 · pián​yi · cheap 不过 (literal) → 不过/不過 · bù​guò · cannot surpass 当家 (literal) → 当家/當家 · dāng​jiā · to run a household

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

    created sense