寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻 (ning4 gaau3 jan4 daa2 zai2, mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1) — prefer to teach a person how to hit their children, instead of teaching a person to separate from their wife in Cantonese
ningˎ₄寧gaau˗₃教janˎ₄人daaˊ²打zai2,仔，mokˍ₆莫gaau˗₃教janˎ₄人fanˉ¹分caiˉ¹妻简 宁教人打仔，莫教人分妻
Mandarin Pinyin: ning2 jiao4 ren2 da3 zai3 ， mo4 jiao4 ren2 fen1 qi1
Meaning of 寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻
nounprefer to teach a person how to hit their children, instead of teaching a person to separate from their wife
nounrather teach others to hit their children, and not persuade others to divorce, it means it is better to teach others to teach their children well, instead of persuade others to get a divorce and break the family apart