当断不断，反受其乱當斷不斷，反受其亂當斷不斷，反受其亂

fail to cut when you should cut, and you suffer the mess

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: If you hesitate when you should decide, trouble follows. Advice to be decisive.

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Simplified: 当断不断，反受其乱
Traditional (Taiwan): 當斷不斷，反受其亂
Pinyin: dāngduànbúduàn, fǎn shòu qí luàn
Bopomofo: ㄉㄤㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ，ㄈㄢˇ ㄕㄡˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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