人怕出名猪怕壮 in English ren2 pa4 chu1 ming2 zhu1 pa4 zhuang4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)
  • metaphorically fame has its price

Simplified Characters

人 怕 出 名 猪 怕 壮

Traditional Characters

人 怕 出 名 豬 怕 壯

Pinyin

ren2 pa4 chu1 ming2 zhu1 pa4 zhuang4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

人ren2man 怕pa4surname Pa 出chu1to go out 名ming2name 猪zhu1hog 怕pa4surname Pa 壮zhuang4Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group