一家人不说两家话
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lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom)
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fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help
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people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
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Proverb谚语諺語 · In everyday use
- Literally
- people of one family don't speak two families' words
- Meaning
- Says that close people needn't use polite formalities with each other.
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