好汉不吃眼前亏 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī

a wise man avoids loss; know when to back down

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
good; well; very
Han ethnic group; Chinese (language)
not; no; (negative prefix)
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
eye; crux (of a matter); small hole
front; before; forward
deficiency; deficit; luckily