jyun1 jau5 tau4 ，zaai3 jau5 zyu2冤有頭，債有主冤有头，债有主
Jyutpingjyun1 jau5 tau4 ，zaai3 jau5 zyu2
Yaleyyūn yáuh tàuh ，zai yáuh jyú

Definition

an injustice has a start, a debt has a debtor, which means to understand a situation, one must find the ones who started it first

Tone guide

T1High level
T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level

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引以為榮引以为荣
jan5 ji5 wai4 wing4to regard it as an honor (idiom)
一番
jat1 faan1for once (spoken)
喁喁
jung4 jung4(literary) looking up expectantly
隱顯目標隐显目标
jan2 hin2 muk6 biu1intermittent target
一事無成一事无成
jat1 si6 mou4 sing4(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
肉搏
juk6 bok3close combat; fight hand-to-hand (spoken)
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