Every man sweeps the snow in front of his door, never mind the frost on his tiles(gèrénzìsǎo ménqiánxuě，mòguǎntājiā wǎshàngshāng)

Every man sweeps the snow in front of his door, never mind the frost on his tiles

Everyone sweeps the snow in front of his own door, don't mind the frost and snow on other people's houses. This is a metaphor for each man to mind his own business and not the business of others.

definition

Each man sweeps the snow in front of his door, never mind the frost on his tiles. Just mind your own business, not other people's. Don't mind your own business. Everyone sweeps the snow in front of his own door, not the frost and snow on other people's houses. It is used to admonish people not to meddle in their business, or to accuse people of refusing to help others.

Source and use

[source] "warning of the world · meeting husband in yutangchun's misfortune": "Wang Ding leaves to bid farewell to three officials. It's just: everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, no matter how frosty his tiles are. " [source] it is recorded in ancient and modern Tan Gai that Du Wei of Shu advocated drinking. Chen Yuanliang of Song Dynasty wrote "sweep the snow in front of your own door, don't care about the frost on the tiles of others" in his book Shi Lin Guang Ji (Volume 9) warning Maxim. Let's take the example of "everyone sweeps the snow in front of his door, never mind the frost on his tiles." this is the maxim of the oppressed. Eachonesweeps the proverbs from his own steps and doesn't other than the proverbs from his own heart's room

Chinese PinYin : gèrénzìsǎo ménqiánxuě，mòguǎntājiā wǎshàngshāng