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好汉不吃眼前亏

hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī

Definitions

  1. 1. a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)

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Child Words of 好汉不吃眼前亏

不
bù

no; not so

前
qián

front

吃
chī

to eat

好
hǎo

good

好
hào

to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

眼
yǎn

eye

眼前
yǎn qián

before one's eyes

亏
kuī

deficiency

好汉
hǎo hàn

hero

汉
hàn

Han ethnic group