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羊毛出在羊身上

yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng

7-character word

What 羊毛出在羊身上 means

1. lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.
2. Nothing comes for free.

The characters in 羊毛出在羊身上

• 羊yángsheep; goat
• 毛máohair; feather; down
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 羊yángsheep; goat
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…