for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom); when settling disputes one should not involve third parties
trad. 冤有頭，債有主
Also written 冤有頭，債有主【yuān yǒu tóu , zhài yǒu zhǔ】
Characters in this word
5冤
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
injustice, grievance, wrong
- Pinyin
- yuān
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 45367 of 2500
有
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- Pinyin
- yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13 of 2500
头
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500
债
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debt, CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- Pinyin
- zhài
- Traditional
- 債
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 10915 of 2500
主
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
owner, master, host, individual or party concerned, God, Lord, main, to indicate or signify, trump card (in card games)
- Pinyin
- zhǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1715 of 2500