不打不相識
简 不打不相识 · 繁 不打不相識Meanings
- lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
- no discord, no concord
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4–3–4–1–2 · bu4 da3 bu4 xiang1 shi2
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bat1 daa2 bat1 soeng1 sik1
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proverb
- Friends are often made after a fight; from an exchange of blows friendship grows; no acquaintance is made without a fight; no discord, no concord; out of blows friendship grows.
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