"A person fears renown like a pig fears fat." This, like other sayings in Chinese, expresses a traditional Chinese aversion to being in the limelight. For those who make their homes overseas, it has always been a lesson especially well learnt, carrying the message never to get mixed up in politics.
中國俗諺說「是非只為強出頭」、「人怕出名豬怕肥」，身居異鄉的華僑子弟，在「寄人籬下」的不安定感中，更是記取祖宗教訓，鮮少涉足政治。