一人做事，一人當 (jat1 jan4 zou6 si6 jat1 jan4 dong1 | ) : one must bear the consequences of one's actions

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一人做事，一人當

jat1 jan4 zou6 si6 jat1 jan4 dong1

(idiom) one must bear the consequences of one's actions

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 599

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

一人做事，一人當

This word has been viewed 1763 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 25th Nov 2004 14:34 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
人 jan4 - person; human being
做 zou6 - do, make
事 si6 - matter; affair; job; work; accident
， - (not in database)
一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
人 jan4 - person; human being
當 dong1 dong3 - work as; in charge; appropriate; regard as

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

一人做事一人當 jat1 jan4 zou6 si6 jat1 jan4 dong1 yi1 ren2 zuo4shi4 yi1 ren2 dang1 = One should answer for what one does oneself

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