十个指头有长短
shí​ge​zhǐ​tou​yǒu​cháng​duǎn

everyone is different

  • created sense approved 十个指头有长短/十個指頭有長短 · shí​ge​zhǐ​tou​yǒu​cháng​duǎn · everyone is different — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    十个指头有长短 / 十個指頭有長短

    shí​ge​zhǐ​tou​yǒu​cháng​duǎn

    everyone is different

    (idiom) people are not all the same, just as fingers vary in length; it is natural for there to be inequality or differences in ability and character among individuals

    十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 个 (literal) → 个/個 · ge · [measure] 指头 (literal) → 指头/指頭 · zhǐ​tou · finger or toe 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 长短 (literal) → 长短/長短 · cháng​duǎn · length

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

    created sense