有奶便是娘

yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng

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

plain

(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)

milk

mother

to be (followed by substantives only)

to have; there is