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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 肥水不流外人田 [ㄈㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ; fei2 shui3 bu4 liu2 wai4 ren2 tian2]
 lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field
 fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
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