亲疏贵贱 — Chinese idiom
亲疏贵贱
qīn shū guì jiàn
Traditional: 親疏貴賤
Meaning
- close and distant, rich and poor ; everyone
- all possible relations
Character by character
- 亲qīnrelatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
- 疏shūto neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careles
- 贵guìexpensive, costly; valuable, precious
- 贱jiàncheap, low, mean, worthless
Idioms sharing a character
- 串亲访友 chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu
- 任人唯亲 rèn rén wéi qīn
- 六亲不认 liù qīn bù rèn
- 六亲无靠 liù qīn wú kào
- 割股疗亲 gē gǔ liáo qīn
- 大义灭亲 dà yì miè qīn
- 御驾亲征 yù jià qīn zhēng
- 攀亲道故 pān qīn dào gù
- 沾亲带故 zhān qīn dài gù
- 疏不间亲 shū bù jiàn qīn
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