冤有头,债有主
Traditional form:
冤有頭,債有主
Pinyin (reading):
yuānyǒutóu,zhàiyǒuzhǔ
Definitions:
- for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)
- when settling disputes one should not involve third parties
Characters:
- 冤 - grievance, injustice, wrong
- 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 债 - debt, loan, liability
- 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 主 - to own; to host; master; host; lord
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