寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻 (ning4 gaau3 jan4 daa2 zai2, mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1 | ) : prefer to teach a person how to hit their children, instead of teaching a person to separate from their wife

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寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻

ning4 gaau3 jan4 daa2 zai2, mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1

prefer to teach a person how to hit their children, instead of teaching a person to separate from their wife

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻

This word has been viewed 4988 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 11th Dec 2007 07:14 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

寧 ning4 - peaceful; would rather
教 gaau3 gaau1 - teach; religion
人 jan4 - person; human being
打 daa2 daa1 - hit; strike | dozen
仔 zai2 zi2 - son; child
， - (not in database)
莫 mok6 - not, don't; none, nothing
教 gaau3 gaau1 - teach; religion
人 jan4 - person; human being
分 fan1 fan6 - divide; distribute; distinguish; point
妻 cai1 cai3 - wife

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