執輸行頭慘過敗家
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[edit]| to miss out on a great opportunity | outfit; actor's costume and paraphernalia; person's wardrobe | miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic |
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too- |
to make the family fall into reduced circumstances; to squander a family fortune | ||
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| trad. (執輸行頭慘過敗家) | 執輸 | 行頭 | 慘 | 過 | 敗家 | |
| simp. (执输行头惨过败家) | 执输 | 行头 | 惨 | 过 | 败家 | |
| Literally: “To miss out on an opportunity and getting to the front is worse than ruining one's family.” | ||||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zap1 syu1 haang4 tau4 caam2 gwo3 baai6 gaa1
- Yale: jāp syū hàahng tàuh cháam gwo baaih gā
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzap7 sy1 haang4 tau4 tsaam2 gwo3 baai6 gaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: zeb1 xu1 hang4 teo4 cam2 guo3 bai6 ga1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐp̚⁵ syː⁵⁵ haːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰaːm³⁵ kʷɔː³³ paːi̯²² kaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
[edit]執輸行頭慘過敗家