看人下菜碟儿
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r
(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom); not to treat everyone equally favorably
idiom
Traditional: 看人下菜碟兒
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- (idiom) (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
- not to treat everyone equally favorably
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Related Words
看人行事(kàn rén xíng shì)— to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)
→一视同仁(yī shì tóng rén)— to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
→另眼相看(lìng yǎn xiāng kàn)— to treat sb favorably
→草木皆兵(cǎo mù jiē bīng)— lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
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