人走茶凉
Traditional form:
人走茶涼
Pinyin (reading):
rénzǒucháliáng
Definitions:
- lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom)
- fig. when sb is no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about him
Characters:
- 人 - man, person; people
- 走 - to walk, to run, to flee
- 茶 - tea; tea leaves; tea plant
- 凉 - cool, cold; disheartened
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