崽卖爷田不心疼 in English zai3 mai4 ye2 tian2 bu4 xin1 teng2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically to sell one's inheritance without a second thought for how hard one's forebears worked for it

Simplified Characters

崽 卖 爷 田 不 心 疼

Traditional Characters

崽 賣 爺 田 不 心 疼

Pinyin

zai3 mai4 ye2 tian2 bu4 xin1 teng2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

崽zai3child 卖mai4to sell 爷ye2grandpa 田tian2surname Tian 不bu4(negative prefix) 心xin1heart 疼teng2(it) hurts