各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě ， mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng

sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
各 gè HSK 4
each; every
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
自 zì HSK 3
self; oneself; from
掃 sǎo
to sweep; broom
門 mén
door; gate; doorway
前 qián HSK 1
front; before; forward
雪 xuě HSK 2
snow; snowfall; to clean
莫 mò HSK 6
do not; surname Mo; there is none who
管 guǎn HSK 4
to manage; to be in charge of; to control
他 tā HSK 1
he or him
家 jiā HSK 1
home; family; classifier for families or businesses
瓦 wǎ HSK 6
roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特wǎ tè
上 shàng HSK 1
to go up; on top; above
霜 shuāng HSK 6
frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface