有奶就是娘

yǒu nǎi jiù shì niáng

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Same as 有奶便是娘 yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng

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 有奶就是娘

• 奶 奶 nǎi: milk
• 娘 娘 niáng: mother
• 就 就 jiù: (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
• 就是 就是 jiù shì: exactly; precisely
• 是 是 shì: to be (followed by substantives only)
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is