先sin1禮lai5後hau6兵bing1

simp先礼后兵

sin1 lai5 hau6 bing1xiān lǐ hòu bīng

English

(idiom) try persuasion before resorting to force
(idiom) (figurative) Negotiation will be used to reach a solution before using military force
to try peaceful means before resorting to violent ways

粵語 — Cantonese

先以禮貌、或者和平嘅方式解決，如果唔成事嘅話，再用武力、或者較強硬嘅方式去做

Examples

我哋先禮而後兵，睇吓點先再算。
We try to be peaceful and see how things go on. Only if it fails, we resort to violent means.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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