黃huáng鼠shǔ狼láng給gěi雞jī拜bài年nián——méi——沒ān安hǎo好xīn心

What does 黃鼠狼給雞拜年——沒安好心 (huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián——méi ān hǎo xīn) mean?

黃鼠狼給雞拜年——沒安好心 (huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián——méi ān hǎo xīn) is a two-part riddle-saying (xiēhòuyǔ 歇後語). Word for word it reads "A weasel paying New Year's respects to a chicken-harboring no good intentions." In use it means: When someone with ulterior motives makes a show of friendliness. Warns against trusting flattery from a known predator. You reach for it when you want that idea in one breath, and the Metal note it carries is why we hand it to those born in the Year of the Rooster.

Literally: "A weasel paying New Year's respects to a chicken-harboring no good intentions.."

The reading

Courtesy from an unlikely source deserves scrutiny, not scorn but careful attention. The weasel's bow is a performance, and the chicken who mistakes it for sincerity pays the price. Skepticism is not cynicism; it is the habit of looking twice before opening the door. Trust should be built brick by brick, not handed over at a single pleasant word. The safest instinct is the one that asks why before it says yes.

What kind of proverb it is

• Typexiēhòuyǔ 歇後語
• FocusPresent-minded
• Element金 Metal
• Zodiac tie雞 Year of the Rooster

Source Traditional folk xiehouyu, one of the most widely known

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Keep reading

Return to the Proverb Pond to draw another of the eighty-seven, or hear one read aloud. Read the rest of its chapter in Friendship, Trust & Speech, or follow the years these lines belong to: Year of the Rooster, Year of the Rat, and Year of the Ox.