不見棺材不掉淚
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to not see; to not meet | coffin; 8 circle | not; no | to shed tears | ||
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trad. (不見棺材不掉淚) | 不見 | 棺材 | 不 | 掉淚 | |
simp. (不见棺材不掉泪) | 不见 | 棺材 | 不 | 掉泪 | |
alternative forms | 不見棺材不落淚/不见棺材不落泪 | ||||
Literally: “not shed a tear until one sees the coffin”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùjiàn guancåi bù diàolèi
- Wade–Giles: pu4-chien4 kuan1-tsʻai5 pu4 tiao4-lei4
- Yale: bù-jyàn gwān-tsai bù dyàu-lèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujiann guan.tsai bu diawley
- Palladius: буцзянь гуаньцай бу дяолэй (buczjanʹ guanʹcaj bu djaolɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯² pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ leɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 gin3 gun1 coi4 bat1 diu6 leoi6
- Yale: bāt gin gūn chòih bāt diuh leuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 gin3 gun1 tsoi4 bat7 diu6 loey6
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 gin3 gun1 coi4 bed1 diu6 lêu6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²² lɵy̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]不見棺材不掉淚
- to refuse to be convinced until one is faced with the grim reality; tenacious, resolute or pertinacious in one's pursuit of a goal despite obstacles or advice
Synonyms
[edit]- (Cantonese) 針唔㓤到肉唔知痛 / 针唔㓤到肉唔知痛 (zam1 m4 gat1 dou3 juk6 m4 zi1 tung3)
- (Hokkien) 無看著棺柴𣍐流目屎 / 无看着棺柴𫧃流目屎
Dialectal synonyms of 不見棺材不掉淚 (“to refuse to be convinced until one is faced with the grim reality”) [map]
See also
[edit]- 留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒 / 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧 (liú dé qīngshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo)
- 不到黃河心不死 / 不到黄河心不死 (bù dào Huánghé xīn bù sǐ)
- (Thai) ไม่เห็นโลงศพไม่หลั่งน้ำตา (mâi-hěn-loong-sòp-mâi-làng-nám-dtaa)
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