弯木要过墨，横人要过理彎木要過墨，橫人要過理彎木要過墨，橫人要過理

bent timber must be run along the ink line; unreasonable people must be run through reason

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Just as carpenters straighten crooked wood with an ink line, you should use reasoning on a bullying, unreasonable person.

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Simplified: 弯木要过墨，横人要过理
Traditional (Taiwan): 彎木要過墨，橫人要過理
Pinyin: wān mù yàoguò mò, hèng rén yàoguò lǐ
Pinyin (Taiwan): wān mù yàoguo mò, héng rén yàoguo lǐ
Bopomofo: ㄨㄢㄇㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄍㄨㄛㄇㄛˋ，ㄏㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄍㄨㄛㄌㄧˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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