出门看日头,上路看风头,打铁看火头出門看日頭,上路看風頭,打鐵看火頭出門看日頭,上路看風頭,打鐵看火頭

going out, watch the sun; setting off, watch the wind; forging iron, watch the fire

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Size up the situation before acting; don't act blindly.

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Simplified: 出门看日头,上路看风头,打铁看火头
Traditional (Taiwan): 出門看日頭,上路看風頭,打鐵看火頭
Pinyin: chūmén kàn rìtou,shànglù kàn fēngtou,dǎtiě kàn huǒtóu
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄢˋ ㄖˋ ˙ㄊㄡ,ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄊㄡ,ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄡˊ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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