騎牛搵馬

Chinese

		to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride	ox; cow; bull	to look for	horse; surname
trad. (騎牛搵馬)		騎	牛	搵	馬
simp. (骑牛揾马)		骑	牛	揾	马
Literally: “to ride on an ox and look for a horse”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ke⁴ ngau⁴ wan² maa⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ke⁴ ngau⁴ wan² maa⁵
    • Yale: kèh ngàuh wán máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ke⁴ ngau⁴ wan² maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ké⁴ ngeo⁴ wen² ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː²¹ ŋɐu̯²¹ wɐn³⁵ maː¹³/

Idiom

騎牛搵馬

1. (Cantonese, figurative) to settle for what one has for the moment (e.g. job, girlfriend, etc.) while actively looking for something better

Synonyms

• 騎驢找馬／骑驴找马 (qílǘzhǎomǎ)