俗話說：人不犯我，我不犯人；可俗話又說：先下手為強，後下手遭殃!

As the saying goes: As long as you don't offend me, I won't offend you. But there's another saying: To strike first means victory, to strike second means tragedy.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 俗話說 súhuàshuō
  1. as the proverb says
  2. as they say...
2 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位
3 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
4 犯 fàn
  1. to violate
  2. to offend
  3. to assault
  4. criminal
  5. crime
  6. to make a mistake
  7. recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
5 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
6 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
7 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
8 犯人 fànrén
  1. convict
  2. prisoner
  3. criminal
=9 可 kě
  1. (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
  2. to approve; to permit
  3. to suit
  4. (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
  5. but; however
=9 可 kè used in 可汗 kèhán
10 俗話 súhuà
  1. common saying
  2. proverb
11 又 yòu
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway
=12 說 shuì to persuade
=12 說 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=12 說 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=12 說 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
13 先下手為強 xiānxiàshǒuwéiqiáng (idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand
14 後 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
15 下手 xiàshǒu
  1. to start
  2. to put one's hand to
  3. to set about
  4. the seat to the right of the main guest
16 遭殃 zāoyāng to suffer a calamity