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錯就要認，打就企定。 (co3 zau6 jiu3 jing6 daa2 zau6 kei5 ding6) — face up to one's mistakes; admit one's mistakes and stand still when one gets beaten in Cantonese

co˗₃錯zauˍ₆就jiu˗₃要jingˍ₆認，daaˊ²打zauˍ₆就keiˏ₅企dingˍ₆定。
简 错就要认，打就企定。
Mandarin Pinyin: cuo4 jiu4 yao4 ren4 ， da3 jiu4 qi3 ding4 。

Meaning of 錯就要認，打就企定。

nounface up to one's mistakes; admit one's mistakes and stand still when one gets beaten

Characters in 錯就要認，打就企定。

錯co3
(used in the negative) bad; poor
就zau6
right away; at once; thereupon
要jiu3
shall; will; be about to
認jing6
recognise; identify; make out
打daa2
dozen
定ding6
shortened form of 定係 'or'

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