会哭的孩子有糖吃

1. • lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom)
2. • fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease

Character by character

• 会(huì)be likely to
• 哭(kū)cry
• 的(de)marks possession and modification
• 孩(hái)child
• 子(zi)noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"
• 有(yǒu)have
• 糖(táng)sugar
• 吃(chī)eat