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好佬怕爛佬爛佬怕潑婦 (hou2 lou2 paa3 laan6 lou2 laan6 lou2 paa3 put3 fu5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

好佬怕爛佬爛佬怕潑婦 (hou2 lou2 paa3 laan6 lou2 laan6 lou2 paa3 put3 fu5, hǎo lǎo pà làn lǎo làn lǎo pà po1fu4) — Good guys are afraid of bad guys, bad guys are afraid of bad tempered women, it means someone of good quality do not argue or fight with those who are unreasonable [colloquial]

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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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