不見棺材不落淚

Chinese

		to not see; to not meet	coffin; 8 circle	not; no	to shed tears; to weep
trad. (不見棺材不落淚)		不見	棺材	不	落淚
simp. (不见棺材不落泪)		不见	棺材	不	落泪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjiàn guāncái bù luòlèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄘㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bat¹ lok⁶ leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùjiàn guāncái bù luòlèi [Phonetic: bújiàn guāncái bú luòlèi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄘㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjiàn guancái bù luòlèi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chien⁴ kuan¹-tsʻai² pu⁴ lo⁴-lei⁴
    • Yale: bù-jyàn gwān-tsái bù lwò-lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujiann guantsair bu luohley
    • Palladius: буцзянь гуаньцай бу лолэй (buczjanʹ guanʹcaj bu lolɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bat¹ lok⁶ leoi⁶
    • Yale: bāt gin gūn chòih bāt lohk leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gin³ gun¹ tsoi⁴ bat⁷ lok⁹ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bed¹ log⁶ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ lɔːk̚² lɵy̯²²/

Proverb

不見棺材不落淚

1. Synonym of 不見棺材不掉淚 / 不见棺材不掉泪 (bùjiàn guāncai bù diàolèi, “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 of obstacles or advice”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不見棺材不掉淚 (“to refuse to be convinced until one is faced with the grim reality”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不見棺材不掉淚, 不見棺材不落淚, 不見棺材不流淚
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	不見棺材不掉淚
	Taiwan	不見棺材不掉淚
	Singapore	不見棺材不掉淚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	唔見棺材唔流眼淚

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: chưa thấy quan tài chưa đổ lệ (calque)