娘家住不老，亲戚饭吃不饱娘家住不老，親戚飯吃不飽娘家住不老，親戚飯吃不飽

you can't stay in your parents' home until old, you can't eat your fill at a relative's table

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A daughter can't live at her parents' home all her life, and no one can rely on relatives for long. It urges self-reliance.

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Simplified: 娘家住不老，亲戚饭吃不饱
Traditional (Taiwan): 娘家住不老，親戚飯吃不飽
Pinyin: niángjiā zhù bù lǎo, qīnqi fàn chī bù bǎo
Bopomofo: ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚㄓㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ，ㄑㄧㄣ ˙ㄑㄧㄈㄢˋ ㄔㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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