不打不成相识

Traditional form:

不打不成相識

Pinyin (reading):

bùdǎbùchéngxiāngshí

Definitions:

• don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship

Characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 识 - knowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know

Traditional characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 識 - knowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know