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好漢不吃眼前虧 (hou2 hon3 bat1 hek3 ngaan5 cin4 kwai1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

好漢不吃眼前虧 (hou2 hon3 bat1 hek3 ngaan5 cin4 kwai1, hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī) — a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 好主意 (hou2 zyu2 ji3) — noun; good ideas
• 好事不出門，壞事傳千里 (hou2 si6 bat1 ceot1 mun4 waai6 si6 cyun4 cin1 lei5) — Good news do not travel well, but bad news travel really fast and far
• 好人事 (hou2 jan4 si2) — (noun) a good person; a nice person; (adjective) helpful; kind
• 好人 (hou2 jan4) — good person
• 好人好姐 (hou2 jan4 hou2 ze2) — one who looks normal (but is actually complete normal, or has a evil mind)
• 好人難做 (hou2 jan4 naan4 zou6) — it is hard to be a kind; good person, it means sometimes people will end up doi…

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