裡外不是人
See also: 里外不是人
Chinese
- inside and outside; inside out; completely; no matter what
to not be man; person; people trad. (裡外不是人/裏外不是人) 裡外/裏外 不是 人 simp. (里外不是人) 里外 不是 人
Pronunciation
Idiom
裡外不是人
- unable to make anybody happy; please none of them
- 這件事你還是別插手吧!免得到最後裡外不是人,好心沒好報。 [MSC, trad.]
- Zhè jiàn shì nǐ háishì bié chāshǒu ba! Miǎndé dào zuìhòu lǐwàibùshìrén, hǎoxīnméihǎobào. [Pinyin]
- I wouldn't get involved in this if I were you! You'll try to please all of them, but in the end, you'll please none of them.
这件事你还是别插手吧!免得到最后里外不是人,好心没好报。 [MSC, simp.]
See also
- (alternative form) 豬八戒照鏡子——裡外不是人/猪八戒照镜子——里外不是人