一家人不说两家话

Traditional form:

一家人不說兩家話

Pinyin (reading):

yījiārénbùshuōliǎngjiāhuà

Definitions:

• lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom)
• fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help
• people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 人 - man, person; people
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 两 - two, both, pair, couple; ounce
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 人 - man, person; people
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 說 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 兩 - two, both, pair, couple; ounce
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect