各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜

each person sweeps the snow before his own door and doesn't mind the frost on other families' roof tiles

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Look after your own affairs and stay out of other people's, to avoid trouble. Often a mildly critical description of a self-centred, old-style outlook. Close to "mind your own business".

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Simplified: 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
Traditional (Taiwan): 各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
Pinyin: gèrénzìsǎoménqiánxuě, mòguǎntājiāwǎshangshuāng
Pinyin (Taiwan): gèrénzìsǎoménqiánxuě, mòguǎntājiāwǎshàngshāng
Bopomofo: ㄍㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ，ㄇㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄚㄐㄧㄚㄨㄚˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄤ

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