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好佬怕爛佬爛佬怕潑婦 (hou2 lou2 paa3 laan6 lou2 laan6 lou2 paa3 put3 fu5) — Good guys are afraid of bad guys, bad guys are afraid of bad tempered women, it means someone of good quality do not argue or fight with those who are unreasonable [colloquial] in Cantonese

houˊ²好louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕put˗₃潑fuˏ₅婦
简 好佬怕烂佬烂佬怕泼妇
Mandarin Pinyin: hao3 lao3 pa4 lan4 lao3 lan4 lao3 pa4 po1fu4

Meaning of 好佬怕爛佬爛佬怕潑婦

nounGood guys are afraid of bad guys, bad guys are afraid of bad tempered women, it means someone of good quality do not argue or fight with those who are unreasonable [colloquial]

Example Sentences with 好佬怕爛佬爛佬怕潑婦

go˗₃個go˗₃個houˊ²好louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕put˗₃潑fu2.婦。
Everyone's like that: good fear bad, bad fear shrewish.
houˊ²好louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕put˗₃潑fu2,婦，haiˍ₆係soengˎ₄常lei5.理。
Good fear bad, bad fear shrewish is common sense.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度houˊ²好louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕put˗₃潑fu2.婦。
It's like that here: the good fear the bad, the bad fear the shrewish.
keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係houˊ²好louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕put˗₃潑fu2.婦。
He's a case of the good being afraid of the bad, and the bad being afraid of the shrewish.
meˉ¹咩houˊ²好louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬laanˍ₆爛louˊ²佬paa˗₃怕put˗₃潑fuˊ²婦ze1.啫。
What 'good fear bad, bad fear shrewish' thing?
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Characters in 好佬怕爛佬爛佬怕潑婦

好hou2
well; all right; okay
佬lou2
guy; bloke; chap; fellow; man; person (informal);
怕paa3
perhaps; maybe; I am afraid; I suppose
爛laan6
cheesy; crummy; lacking style
潑put3
bold and vigorous; resolute
婦fu5
wife

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