看人下菜碟儿 in English kan4 ren2 xia4 cai4 die2 r5 Meaning

Meanings

  • (dialect) to treat somebody according to their social status, relationship with them and so on (idiomatic expression)
  • not to treat everyone equally favorably

Simplified Characters

看 人 下 菜 碟 儿

Traditional Characters

看 人 下 菜 碟 兒

Pinyin

kan4 ren2 xia4 cai4 die2 r5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

看kan4to look after 人ren2man 下xia4down 菜cai4dish (type of food) 碟die2dish 儿er2variant of 人[ren2]