山水有相逢
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English
- (proverb) people will meet again at some point eventually, it implies not to treat others badly in order to avoid future revenge; 'paths will cross again someday'
- a saying which implies that two people will meet again, or to say how small the world is ; sometimes would be used as a threat, meaning that the speaker will catch up one day with the addressee. Literally: mountains and rivers meet
粵語 — Cantonese
- 指日後總有再次相遇、打交道嘅機會,勸人行事唔好做得太絕,要留有餘地;有時會用作恐嚇,意思係遲早有一日會返嚟尋仇。
Examples
世姪,山水有相逢,無謂做到咁盡啦。
Son, two people will meet again in this small world, you don't have to make everything to an extreme.
我唔會就咁算數架,記住山水有相逢,你哋睇住嚟。
I won't forget what happened today, remember how small the world is, you better watch your back.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk