Guān chuán lòu; guān mǎ shòu; guān yǎng de lǎodiē bù zhǎng ròu.

官船漏, 官馬瘦, 官養的老爹不長肉。

Lit Official ships leak; official horses grow thin; old fathers who are cared for in rotation [in their children's homes] won't grow fat.

Fig No one takes care of public property or interests; what belongs to everybody belongs to nobody.

Note [Rhyme; see also guān fáng lòu below.]

Topics PUBLIC PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC PROPERTY rhyme