好男不吃婚时饭，好女不穿嫁时衣好男不吃婚時飯，好女不穿嫁時衣好男不吃婚時飯，好女不穿嫁時衣

a good man doesn't eat the food from his wedding time; a good woman doesn't wear the clothes from her marriage time

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Self-reliant young people don't live off the wealth their parents gave them at marriage. Approving of independence.

Sign up for a free account to save sentences and hear them read aloud

Simplified: 好男不吃婚时饭，好女不穿嫁时衣
Traditional (Taiwan): 好男不吃婚時飯，好女不穿嫁時衣
Pinyin: hǎonánbùchīhūnshífàn, hǎonǚbùchuānjiàshíyī
Bopomofo: ㄏㄠˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄏㄨㄣㄕˊ ㄈㄢˋ，ㄏㄠˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄢㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ

Where this sentence is used

Chinese sayings

Sign up for a free Chinese Boost account

Save the words and sentences you find here to your own list, and hear them read aloud. You can export the list to your flashcards whenever you like.

Create a free account

All Chinese example sentences