手心手背都是肉
shǒu​xīn​shǒu​bèi​dōu​shì​ròu

to value both equally

  • created sense approved 手心手背都是肉 · shǒu​xīn​shǒu​bèi​dōu​shì​ròu · to value both equally — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    手心手背都是肉

    shǒu​xīn​shǒu​bèi​dōu​shì​ròu

    to value both equally

    literally "both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh"; used as an idiom to mean that two people or things (often children) are of equal importance or are equally loved by someone

    手心 (literal) → 手心 · shǒu​xīn · palm of the hand 手背 (literal) → 手背 · shǒu​bèi · back of the hand 都 (literal) → 都 · dōu · all 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 肉 (literal) → 肉 · ròu · meat

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

    created sense