亲不亲一家人,打断骨头连着筋親不親一家人,打斷骨頭連著筋親不親一家人,打斷骨頭連着筋

close or not, one family; even when the bone is broken, the sinew still joins it

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Kin stay bound together by shared interests and can't cut ties, whatever their quarrels. Close to English 'blood is thicker than water'.

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Simplified: 亲不亲一家人,打断骨头连着筋
Traditional (Taiwan): 親不親一家人,打斷骨頭連著筋
Traditional (Hong Kong): 親不親一家人,打斷骨頭連着筋
Pinyin: qīn bù qīn yìjiārén,dǎduàn gǔtou lián zhe jīn
Pinyin (Taiwan): qīn bù qīn yìjiārén,dǎduàn gútou lián zhe jīn
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄣㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄣㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄖㄣˊ,ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡㄌㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄓㄜㄐㄧㄣ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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