人怕出名猪怕壮
Traditional form:
人怕出名豬怕壯
Pinyin (reading):
rénpàchūmíngzhūpàzhuàng
Definitions:
- lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)
- fig. fame has its price
Characters:
- 人 - man, person; people
- 怕 - to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive
- 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 名 - name; position, rank, title
- 猪 - pig, hog, wild boar
- 怕 - to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive
- 壮 - big, large; robust, strong; the name of a tribe
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