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舍不得孩子套不住狼

shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng

9-character word Traditional 捨不得孩子套不住狼

What 舍不得孩子套不住狼 means

1. one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb)
2. (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things

The characters in 舍不得孩子套不住狼

• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 孩hái(bound form) child
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 套tàoto cover; to encase; cover
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 狼lángwolf