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Meaning of 肥水不流外人田

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
肥 féi 水 shuǐ 不 bù 流 liú 外 wài 人 rén 田 tián
lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field; fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
Example Sentences
1
俺们必须同心协力重建金融系统并恢复信用
,
为的是肥水不流外人田
。
We have to agree on common approaches to recapitalising financial systems and restoring credit, in order to prevent costly spillovers on to one another.
2
李近宇分析说
,
首要的原因是这些银行现在还抱有一种
“
肥水不流外人田
”
的部门利益思想
。
Li near residential analyzed that the primary reason is that these banks have now also a "must not let opportunities go outsiders Tian" sectoral interests thinking.