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好漢做事好漢當

简 好汉做事好汉当 · 繁 好漢做事好漢當
Mandarin · pinyin hǎo hàn zuò shì hǎo hàn dāng

Meanings

  1. daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom)
  2. a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions
  3. the buck stops here
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好
hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
漢
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做
zuò · work, make; act
事
shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
當
dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
汉
hàn · Chinese people; Chinese language
当
dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
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3–4–4–4–3–4–1 · hao3 han4 zuo4 shi4 hao3 han4 dang1

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好漢做事好漢當 · hao3 han4 zuo4 shi4 hao3 han4 dang1
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 30,161
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Exact source record好漢做事好漢當 好汉做事好汉当 [hao3 han4 zuo4 shi4 hao3 han4 dang1] /daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom)/a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions/the buck stops here/