好心沒好報

See also: 好心没好报

Chinese

		goodheartedness; kindness; goodhearted goodheartedness; kindness; goodhearted; kind	have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate	recompense; reward
trad. (好心沒好報)		好心	沒	好報
simp. (好心没好报)		好心	没	好报

Etymology

Literally: good-heartedness has no recompense

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoxīn méi hǎobào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄇㄟˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² sam¹ mut⁶ hou² bou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoxīn méi hǎobào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄇㄟˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosin méi hǎobào
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-hsin¹ mei² hao³-pao⁴
    • Yale: hǎu-syīn méi hǎu-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshin mei haobaw
    • Palladius: хаосинь мэй хаобао (xaosinʹ mɛj xaobao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² sam¹ mut⁶ hou² bou³
    • Yale: hóu sām muht hóu bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² sam¹ mut⁹ hou² bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² sem¹ mud⁶ hou² bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ muːt̚² hou̯³⁵ pou̯³³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 好心沒好報

1. no good deed goes unpunished; those who help often end up being resented by those whom they help

Synonyms

• 好心沒好意／好心没好意
• 好心不得好報／好心不得好报
• (Cantonese) 好心冇好報／好心冇好报 (hou2 sam1 mou5 hou2 bou3), 好心著雷劈／好心着雷劈 (hou2 sam1 zoek6 leoi4 pek3)
• (Min Nan) 好心予雷唚／好心予雷吣 (hó-sim hō͘ lûi chim)
• (Hakka) 好心著雷打／好心着雷打 (hó-sîm chho̍k lùi tá)

Antonyms

• 好心有好報／好心有好报