家花没有野花香

Traditional form:

家花沒有野花香

Pinyin (reading):

jiāhuāméiyǒuyěhuāxiāng

Definitions:

• lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom)
• fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner
• the grass is always greener on the other side

Characters:

• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 没 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 野 - field, open country; wilderness
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 香 - incense; fragrant, aromatic

Traditional characters:

• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 沒 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 野 - field, open country; wilderness
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 香 - incense; fragrant, aromatic