各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜

gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng

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

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Child Words of 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜

• 人 人 rén: person; people
• 他 他 tā: he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
• 前 前 qián: front
• 各 各 gè: each
• 扫 扫 sǎo: to sweep
• 扫 扫 sào: broom
• 瓦 瓦 wǎ: roof tile
• 管 管 guǎn: to take care (of)
• 自 自 zì: self
• 雪 雪 xuě: snow
• 霜 霜 shuāng: frost
• 各人 各人 gè rén: each one; everyone
• 管他 管他 guǎn tā: no matter if
• 莫 莫 mò: do not
• 门前 门前 mén qián: in front of the door
• 家 家 jiā: home
• 上 上 shàng: on top
• 门 门 mén: gate