叫花子烤火，各往各的怀里扒叫花子烤火，各往各的懷裡扒叫花子烤火，各往各的懷裏扒

beggars warming at a fire: each rakes it toward his own chest

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

May offend: mocks a group of people

Meaning: Everyone looks out only for themselves. Critical.

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Simplified: 叫花子烤火，各往各的怀里扒
Traditional (Taiwan): 叫花子烤火，各往各的懷裡扒
Traditional (Hong Kong): 叫花子烤火，各往各的懷裏扒
Pinyin: jiàohuāzi kǎohuǒ, gè wǎng gè de huáilǐ bā
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ˙ㄗㄎㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ，ㄍㄜˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄍㄜˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄚ

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

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