出 来 混 迟 早 要 还 的

chū lái hùn chí zǎo yào huán dedictionary entry

if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

出來混遲早要還的 出来混迟早要还的 [chu1 lai2 hun4 chi2 zao3 yao4 huan2 de5] /if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it/

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Other forms in these source records: 出來混遲早要還的

出
chū
to go out / to come out / to arise / to occur / to produce / to yield / to go beyond / to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
来
lái
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[huí lai]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zì gǔ yǐ lái]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lái shì]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[dé] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tán de lái], or after 不[bù] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chī bu lái])
混
hún
muddy / turbid (variant of 渾|浑[hún]) / brainless / foolish (variant of 渾|浑[hún]) / Taiwan pr. [hùn]
hùn
to mix / to mingle / muddled / to drift along / to muddle along / to pass for / to get along with sb / thoughtless / reckless
迟
chí
late / delayed / slow
Chí
surname Chi
早
zǎo
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
要
yāo
(bound form) to demand / to coerce
yào
to want / to need / to ask for / will / shall / about to / need to / should / if (same as 要是[yào shi]) / (bound form) important
还
hái
still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else
huán
to pay back / to return
Huán
surname Huan
的
de
of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pí gé de] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pǎo táng r de] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xīn de] "new one") / also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs
dī
(bound form) a taxi / a cab (abbr. for 的士[dī shì])
dí
really and truly
dì
(bound form) bull's-eye / target

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