有奶便是娘

yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 有奶便是娘

便
biàn

plain

便是
biàn shì

(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)

奶
nǎi

breast

娘
niáng

mother

是
shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

有
yǒu

to have; there is