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好馬不吃回頭草 (hou2 maa5 bat1 hek3 wui4 tau4 cou2) — to never go back (relationship, jobs etc.) in Cantonese

houˊ²好maaˏ₅馬batˉ¹不hek˗₃吃wuiˎ₄回tauˎ₄頭couˊ²草
简 好马不吃回头草
Mandarin Pinyin: hao3 ma3 bu4 chi1 hui2 tou2 cao3

Meaning of 好馬不吃回頭草

nounto never go back (relationship, jobs etc.)

Characters in 好馬不吃回頭草

好hou2
well; all right; okay
馬maa5
Kangxi radical 187
不bat1
not; no; un-
吃hek3
wipe out; annihilate; destroy
回wui4
(measure) time (as used to indicate number of occurrence
頭tau4
head; hair; hairstyle
草cou2
the script type of Chinese calligraphy

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