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有奶便是娘

yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng

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Definitions

1. lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
2. fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
3. to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie

Child Words of 有奶便是娘

(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)

plain

breast

to have; there is

to be (followed by substantives only)

mother