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禮多人不怪 (lai5 do1 jan4 bat1 gwaai3) — no one could fault you for being too polite in Cantonese

laiˏ₅禮doˉ¹多janˎ₄人batˉ¹不gwaai˗₃怪
简 礼多人不怪
Mandarin Pinyin: li3 duo1 ren2 bu4 guai4

Meaning of 禮多人不怪

nounno one could fault you for being too polite
nounone can never be too polite; civility is always welcome

Characters in 禮多人不怪

禮lai5
respect; treat with courtesy
多do1
much better; much more; far more
人jan4
manpower; staff; human resources
不bat1
not; no; un-
怪gwaai3
strange; odd; unusual; queer

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