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有仇不報非君子

简有仇不报非君子 · 繁有仇不報非君子

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjau5 sau4 bat1 bou3 fei1 gwan1 zi2

'vengeance will be mine'; it is only righteous to seek an eye for eye

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Reading & tones

jau55 · low risingsau44 · low fallingbat11 · high levelchecked · -tbou33 · mid levelfei11 · high levelgwan11 · high levelzi22 · high rising

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Same syllable, six tones

jau优jau1excellent 糗jau2dry rations 幼jau3young 油jau4oil 有jau5to have 右jau6right

sau收sau1to receive 手sau2hand 秀sau3handsome 仇sau4hatredsau5—受sau6to receive

bat不bat1notbat2—bat3—bat4—bat5—拔bat6to pull up

bou煲bou1to cook slowly over a low flame 保bou2to defend 布bou3clothbou4—bou5—部bou6ministry

fei非fei1to not be 菲fei2humblefei3—肥fei4fatfei5—fei6—

gwan军gwan1army 滚gwan2to boil 棍gwan3stickgwan4—gwan5—郡gwan6canton

zi之zi1…子zi2son 志zi3signzi4—zi5—自zi6from

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

有仇不報非君子报

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

有仇不報非君子 yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ CC-CEDICT · Mandarina real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: you3 chou2 bu4 bao4 fei1 jun1 zi3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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jau5 sau4 bat1 bou3 fei1 gwan1 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 有仇不報非君子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

(idiomatic) A real man must settle his scores. It is only righteous for one to seek an eye for an eye.

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