羊毛出在羊身上 yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng

Nothing comes for free.

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Nothing comes for free.
  2. 2. lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.

Characters

Character Meaning
羊 yáng HSK 2
sheep; goat; surname Yang
毛 máo HSK 4
hair; wool; feather
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out
在 zài HSK 1
(located) at; (to be) in
羊 yáng HSK 2
sheep; goat; surname Yang
身 shēn HSK 2
body; oneself; personally
上 shàng HSK 1
to go up; on top; above