「先小人後君子」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: sin1 siu2 jan4 hau6 gwan1 zi2
Individual
Character Meaning:
先 first; earlier; before; temporarily; tentatively; for the time being; for now; not until; then and only then; for no other reason; only; actually; really; in fact; ago; used as a prefix
小 small; primary school; elementary school; little; lesser; minor
人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person
後 back; after; behind; rear; last; afterwards; later; post-
君 you; sovereign; monarch; mister; gentleman
子 son; person; egg; sub-
Part of Speech: expression
Explanation:
to set clear expectations before being generous; literally: be a scoundrel before being a gentleman
(Cant.) 先sin1小siu2人jan4後hau6君gwan1子zi2,規kwai1矩geoi2點dim2都dou1要jiu3講gong2明ming2嘅ge2。
(Eng.) I'm going to be upfront and state the rules clearly before we proceed.
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