無毒不丈夫
simp无毒不丈夫mou4 duk6 bat1 zoeng6 fu1wú dú bù zhàng fu
English
- no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
- to be a tough man, to be cold-blooded, to be ruthless
粵語 — Cantonese
- 做人做事要夠狠毒。全句係「量小非君子，無毒不丈夫」。有指原句應該係係「量小非君子，無度不丈夫」但因後人誤讀「度」成「毒」而變成現句。
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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk