"冤有頭,債有主" meaning in Chinese

See 冤有頭,債有主 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proverb

IPA: /ɥɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jyːn⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡saːi̯³³ jɐu̯¹³ t͡syː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 冤有头,债有主 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 冤有頭,債有主
  1. reprisal for a wrong should be directed at the perpetrator
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    {
      "form": "冤有头,债有主",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "冤有頭,債有主",
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    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "Cantonese proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Mandarin proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reprisal for a wrong should be directed at the perpetrator"
      ],
      "id": "en-冤有頭,債有主-zh-proverb-tRAF-WQk",
      "links": [
        [
          "reprisal",
          "reprisal"
        ],
        [
          "wrong",
          "wrong"
        ],
        [
          "perpetrator",
          "perpetrator"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuān yǒu tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhài yǒu zhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun¹ jau⁵ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zaai³ jau⁵ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuān yǒu tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhài yǒu zhǔ [Phonetic: yuānyǒutóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhàiyóuzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuan yǒu tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhài yǒu jhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yüan¹ yu³ tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chai⁴ yu³ chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ywān yǒu tóu-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jài yǒu jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iuan yeou tour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jay yeou juu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juanʹ ju tou, čžaj ju čžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юань ю тоу"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juanʹ ju tou, čžaj ju čžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжай ю чжу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun¹ jau⁵ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zaai³ jau⁵ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yūn yáuh tàuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jaai yáuh jyú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyn¹ jau⁵ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzaai³ jau⁵ dzy²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yun¹ yeo⁵ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zai³ yeo⁵ ju²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡saːi̯³³ jɐu̯¹³ t͡syː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "冤有頭,債有主"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "冤有头,债有主",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "冤有頭,債有主",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese proverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese proverbs",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 主",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 債",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 冤",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 有",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin proverbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reprisal for a wrong should be directed at the perpetrator"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reprisal",
          "reprisal"
        ],
        [
          "wrong",
          "wrong"
        ],
        [
          "perpetrator",
          "perpetrator"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuān yǒu tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhài yǒu zhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun¹ jau⁵ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zaai³ jau⁵ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuān yǒu tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhài yǒu zhǔ [Phonetic: yuānyǒutóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhàiyóuzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuan yǒu tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhài yǒu jhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yüan¹ yu³ tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chai⁴ yu³ chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ywān yǒu tóu-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jài yǒu jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iuan yeou tour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jay yeou juu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juanʹ ju tou, čžaj ju čžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юань ю тоу"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juanʹ ju tou, čžaj ju čžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжай ю чжу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun¹ jau⁵ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zaai³ jau⁵ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yūn yáuh tàuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jaai yáuh jyú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyn¹ jau⁵ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzaai³ jau⁵ dzy²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yun¹ yeo⁵ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zai³ yeo⁵ ju²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡saːi̯³³ jɐu̯¹³ t͡syː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "冤有頭,債有主"
}

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