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好漢不吃眼前虧 (hou2 hon3 bat1 hek3 ngaan5 cin4 kwai1) — good fellow does not suffer immediate loss in Cantonese

houˊ²好hon˗₃漢batˉ¹不hek˗₃吃ngaanˏ₅眼cinˎ₄前kwaiˉ¹虧
简 好汉不吃眼前亏
Mandarin Pinyin: hao3 han4 bu4 chi1 yan3 qian2 kui1

Meaning of 好漢不吃眼前虧

noungood fellow does not suffer immediate loss
noun君子不吃眼前虧
nouna smart man knows when to avoid immediate harm; a wise man knows when to retreat; better good afar off than evil at hand

Characters in 好漢不吃眼前虧

好hou2
well; all right; okay
漢hon3
guy; fellow; adult man
不bat1
not; no; un-
吃hek3
wipe out; annihilate; destroy
眼ngaan5
eye; ocular; look; glance
前cin4
previous; former; preceding; past; of earlier times
虧kwai1
(of the moon) wane

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