会哭的孩子有糖吃

Traditional form:

會哭的孩子有糖吃

Pinyin (reading):

huìkūdeháiziyǒutángchī

Definitions:

• lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom)
• fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease

Characters:

• 会 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
• 哭 - to weep, to cry, to wail
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 孩 - baby, child; children
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 糖 - candy, sugar, sweets
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear

Traditional characters:

• 會 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
• 哭 - to weep, to cry, to wail
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 孩 - baby, child; children
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 糖 - candy, sugar, sweets
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear