肉烂在锅里

Traditional form:

肉爛在鍋裡

Pinyin (reading):

ròulànzàiguōlǐ

Definitions:

• lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom)
• fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders

Characters:

• 肉 - meat; flesh
• 烂 - overcooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 锅 - cooking-pot, saucepan
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane

Traditional characters:

• 肉 - meat; flesh
• 爛 - overcooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 鍋 - cooking-pot, saucepan
• 裡 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane