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你敬我一尺，我敬你一丈 (nei5 ging3 ngo5 jat1 cek3, ngo5 ging3 nei5 jat1 zoeng6) — your kindness will be returned tenfold [written and colloquial] in Cantonese

neiˏ₅你ging˗₃敬ngoˏ₅我jatˉ¹一cek3,尺，ngoˏ₅我ging˗₃敬neiˏ₅你jatˉ¹一zoengˍ₆丈
Mandarin Pinyin: ni3 jing4 wo3 yi1 chi3, wo3 jing4 ni3 yi1 zhang4

Meaning of 你敬我一尺，我敬你一丈

nounyour kindness will be returned tenfold [written and colloquial]

Characters in 你敬我一尺，我敬你一丈

你nei5
you
敬ging3
present; offer
我ngo5
we; our; us
一jat1
one; a; an; the
尺cek3
a traditional unit of length (equal to 1/3 metre)
丈zoeng6
unit of length (= to 3.33 m)

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