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看人下菜碟儿

kàn rén xià cài dié r

6-character word Traditional 看人下菜碟兒

What 看人下菜碟儿 means

1. dialectto treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
2. not to treat everyone equally favorably

The characters in 看人下菜碟儿

• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch
• 人rénperson; people
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
• 碟diédish; plate
• 儿érchild; son

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