先礼后兵
先礼后兵
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peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war
idiom
Traditional: 先禮後兵
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- (idiom) peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence
- jaw-jaw is better than war-war
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Related Words
一如既往(yī rú jì wǎng)— just as in the past (idiom); as before
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)— before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
→一切如旧(yī qiè rú jiù)— everything as before
→一口吃不成胖子(yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi)— lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
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