生人霸死地

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	man; person; people	feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (生人霸死地)		生	人	霸	死	地
simp. #(生人霸死地)		生	人	霸	死	地
Literally: “a living person occupying place for the dead”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ jan⁴ baa³ sei² dei⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ jan⁴ baa³ sei² dei⁶
    • Yale: sāang yàhn ba séi deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ jan⁴ baa³ sei² dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ yen⁴ ba³ séi² déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ paː³³ sei̯³⁵ tei̯²²/

Idiom

生人霸死地

1. (Cantonese) to be a dog in the manger