好漢不吃眼前虧 [－汉－－－－亏]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb
    A wise man does not fight when the odds are against him; A wise man knows when to retreat.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）