六亲不认 — Chinese idiom
六亲不认
liù qīn bù rèn
Traditional: 六親不認
Meaning
- not recognizing one's family ; self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
Character by character
- 六liùsix
- 亲qīnrelatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 认rènto know, to recognize, to understand
Idioms sharing a character
- 七情六欲 qī qíng liù yù
- 三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó
- 三茶六饭 sān chá liù fàn
- 三头六臂 sān tóu liù bì
- 人五人六 rén wǔ rén liù
- 六神无主 liù shén wú zhǔ
- 六亲无靠 liù qīn wú kào
- 身怀六甲 shēn huái liù jiǎ
- 串亲访友 chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu
- 任人唯亲 rèn rén wéi qīn
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