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

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Child Words of 有奶便是娘

• 便 便 biàn: plain
• 便是 便是 biàn shì: (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)
• 奶 奶 nǎi: breast
• 娘 娘 niáng: mother
• 是 是 shì: to be (followed by substantives only)
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is