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各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜

gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng

15-character word Traditional 各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜

What 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 means

1. sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

The characters in 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜

• 各gèeach; every
• 人rénperson; people
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 扫sǎoto sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of…
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 雪xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
• 莫mòdo not; there is none who
• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage
• 他tā(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his…
• 家jiāused in 家伙
• 瓦wǎroof tile; abbr. for 瓦特
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 霜shuāngfrost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting