瘌痢頭兒子自家好
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Chinese
[edit]head with tinea capitis; someone with tinea capitis | son; man | oneself | good; well; be fond of | ||
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trad. (瘌痢頭兒子自家好) | 瘌痢頭 | 兒子 | 自家 | 好 | |
simp. (瘌痢头儿子自家好) | 瘌痢头 | 儿子 | 自家 | 好 | |
alternative forms | 癩痢頭兒子自家好/癞痢头儿子自家好 | ||||
Literally: “A bald son with tinea capitis is good if he's your own”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]Idiom
[edit]瘌痢頭兒子自家好 (chiefly Northern Wu)
- whatever one owns is always the best
- to think or to act as if something is better than it really is, just because it belongs to oneself