never associate with bad companions
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is m é NW ú Z á K è, which means that there are no idle guests at home. It describes being cautious in making friends, which is the same as "no guests at home". It comes from the biography of yuan can in the book of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
According to the biography of yuan can in the book of Song Dynasty, "when I lived in Nanguo, I traveled alone in zhangce. I had few contacts, and there were no strangers."
Idiom usage
To be careful in making friends.
never associate with bad companions
a hundred flowers blossom with a great variety of shows - bǎi huā zhēng yàn
The sparrow knows not the carving of the Osprey - yàn què qǐ zhī diāo è zhì