萝卜白菜,各有所爱
Traditional form:
蘿蔔白菜,各有所愛
Pinyin (reading):
luóbobáicài,gèyǒusuǒ'ài
Definitions:
- (idiom) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own
Characters:
- 萝 - carrot, radish, turnip
- 卜 - divination, fortune-telling; prophecy
- 白 - white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
- 菜 - vegetables; order, dish; food
- 各 - individual; each, every; all
- 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
- 爱 - to love, to like, to be fond of; love, affection
Traditional characters:
- 蘿 - carrot, radish, turnip
- 蔔 - radish; root vegetables
- 白 - white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
- 菜 - vegetables; order, dish; food
- 各 - individual; each, every; all
- 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
- 愛 - to love, to like, to be fond of; love, affection