得放手时须放手，得饶人处且饶人得放手時鬚放手，得饒人處且饒人得放手時鬚放手，得饒人處且饒人

let go when you can let go; forgive when you can forgive

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Be lenient and magnanimous when you can, and don't push others too hard. Advice to be forgiving.

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Simplified: 得放手时须放手，得饶人处且饶人
Traditional (Taiwan): 得放手時鬚放手，得饒人處且饒人
Pinyin: défàngshǒushíxūfàngshǒu, déráorénchùqiěráorén
Pinyin (Taiwan): defàngshǒushíxūfàngshǒu, déráorénchùqiěráorén
Bopomofo: ˙ㄉㄜㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕˊ ㄒㄩㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ，ㄉㄜˊ ㄖㄠˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄔㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄝˇ ㄖㄠˊ ㄖㄣˊ

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