好汉不吃眼前亏
Traditional: 好漢不吃眼前虧Dictionary entry
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
What does 好汉不吃眼前亏 mean?
好汉不吃眼前亏 (hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī) has the following dictionary meaning.
1a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
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好hǎogood · appropriate; proper汉HànHan ethnic group · Chinese (language)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)眼yǎneye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) · (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance前qiánfront · forward亏kuīto lose (money); to have a deficit · to be deficient
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