duō zāi huā shǎo zāi cì

多栽花少栽刺 (duō zāi huā shǎo zāi cì) is a Chinese word meaning “talk nicely and avoid disputes; give compliments and not remarks”.

Meanings

  1. 1talk nicely and avoid disputes
  2. 2give compliments and not remarks

Characters in 多栽花少栽刺

多duō · many; much; more; a lot of栽zāi · to plant; to grow花huā · flower少shǎo · few栽zāi · to plant; to grow刺cī · (onom.) whoosh

Related words

多many; much; more; a lot of多少number; amount多少how much?; how many?花flower花surname Hua花old variant of 花[hua1]花variant of 花[hua1]至少at least少few少young多久(of time) how long?差不多almost

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