「冤有頭債有主」
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| Pronunciation： | jyun1 jau5 tau4 zaai3 jau5 zyu2 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
冤 sore (as in pain); to bother; to annoy 有 to have; have; there is/are; to be made up of; to own; to exist; can be found 頭 head; chief; boss; electric plug; first; number one; top; hairstyle; hair; area; location; end; side; front; beginning 債 debt 有 to have; have; there is/are; to be made up of; to own; to exist; can be found 主 host; master; God; Lord; owner; to control; main; primary; subjective; (grammar) subject |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
used to affirm that the person responsible for a perceived harm to someone else should be the only one to pay for it or to deserve its price; literally: wrongs have origins and debts have debtors
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