你做初一我做十五 (nei5 zou6 co1 jat1 ngo5 zou6 sap6 ng5 | ) : do me harm and I will return the favour

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你做初一我做十五

nei5 zou6 co1 jat1 ngo5 zou6 sap6 ng5

do me harm and I will return the favour; an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; give as good as you get; tit for tat
[lit] What you do for the first day of the month, I'll do back to you for the fifteenth

[synonyms] 以牙還牙, 以暴易暴, 以其人之道還治其身

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

你做初一我做十五

This word has been viewed 5545 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 30th May 2010 13:50 and last edited on 17th May 2014 18:46

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Characters in this word:

你 nei5 - you
做 zou6 - do, make
初 co1 - first; original; early
一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
我 ngo5 - I; me; my
做 zou6 - do, make
十 sap6 - ten
五 ng5 - five; fifth

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你做初一我做十五
tit for tat, an eye for an eye
[Lit. "what you do for the first half of the month, I will do back to you for the second half" i.e do me harm and I will return the favour. See a video featuring this phrase [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84620]here.[/url]]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

你做初一，我做十五 nei5 zou6 co1 jat1 ngo5 zou6 sap6 ng5 = (idiom) tit-for-tat; an eye for an eye 粵

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