来者不善，善者不来 — “Those who come are ill-intentioned”
来者不善，善者不来 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “those who come are ill-intentioned”. Those who are well-intentioned would not come. It suggests that a visitor has ulterior motives or that only bad people would get involved in a particular matter. Literally, “The comers are not benevolent, and the benevolent do not come”.
来者不善，善者不来 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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- lái来shì世bù不kě可dài待don't wait for the future
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- lái来lì历bù不míng明of unknown or dubious origin
- lái来qù去fēn分míng明transparent in financial dealings
- lái来qù去cōng匆cōng匆come and go in a hurry
- lái来qù去wú无zōng踪come and go without a trace
- lái来huí回lái来qù去back and forth repeatedly
- lái来yīn因qù去guǒ果the whole story
- lái来chù处bù不yì易hard-earned and not easily acquired
- lái来hǎo好xī息shī师make peace and stop war
- lái来qíng情qù去yì意the full details and reasons
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Open the tool →Questions about 来者不善，善者不来
What does 来者不善，善者不来 mean?
来者不善，善者不来 (lái zhě bù shàn ， shàn zhě bù lái) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “those who come are ill-intentioned”.
How do you pronounce 来者不善，善者不来?
来者不善，善者不来 is pronounced lái zhě bù shàn ， shàn zhě bù lái in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 来者不善，善者不来 literally mean?
Literally, 来者不善，善者不来 means “the comers are not benevolent, and the benevolent do not come”. It is used to mean “those who come are ill-intentioned”.
What is the Chinese definition of 来者不善，善者不来?
来的不怀善意，有善意的不会来。