你敬我一尺，我敬你一丈
Meanings
- your kindness will be returned tenfold [written and colloquial]
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
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Written characters
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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ni3 jing4 wo3 yi1 chi3, wo3 jing4 ni3 yi1 zhang4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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