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冤家宜解不宜結 (jyun1 gaa1 ji4 gaai2 bat1 ji4 git3) — better (make) friends than (make) enemies; better remove enmity rather than keeping it alive in Cantonese

jyunˉ¹冤gaaˉ¹家jiˎ₄宜gaaiˊ²解batˉ¹不jiˎ₄宜git˗₃結
简 冤家宜解不宜结
Mandarin Pinyin: yuan1 jia1 yi2 jie3 bu4 yi2 jie2

Meaning of 冤家宜解不宜結

nounbetter (make) friends than (make) enemies; better remove enmity rather than keeping it alive

Characters in 冤家宜解不宜結

冤jyun1
worthless; waste of money
家gaa1
classifier for firms or other enterprises
宜ji4
should; ought to; must
解gaai2
untie; separate; cut apart
不bat1
not; no; un-
結git3
knot; node

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