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肥水不流外人田

féi shuǐ bù liú wài rén tián

7-character word

What 肥水不流外人田 means

1. lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field
2. fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)

The characters in 肥水不流外人田

• 肥féifat; fertile; loose-fitting or large
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 人rénperson; people
• 田tiánfield; farm