執輸行頭，慘過敗家

Chinese

		to miss out on a great opportunity	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	head; (noun suffix)		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	to make the family fall into reduced circumstances; to squander a family fortune
trad. (執輸行頭，慘過敗家)		執輸	行	頭	，	慘	過	敗家
simp. (执输行头，惨过败家)		执输	行	头	，	惨	过	败家
alternative forms		執輸行頭慘過敗家／执输行头惨过败家
Literally: “To miss out on an opportunity and getting to the front is worse than ruining one's family.”

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zap¹ syu¹ haang⁴ tau⁴, caam² gwo³ baai⁶ gaa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zap¹ syu¹ haang⁴ tau⁴, caam² gwo³ baai⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: jāp syū hàahng tàuh, cháam gwo baaih gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzap⁷ sy¹ haang⁴ tau⁴, tsaam² gwo³ baai⁶ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeb¹ xu¹ hang⁴ teo⁴, cam² guo³ bai⁶ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐp̚⁵ syː⁵⁵ haːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰaːm³⁵ kʷɔː³³ paːi̯²² kaː⁵⁵/

Proverb

執輸行頭，慘過敗家

1. (Cantonese) Not acting quickly and therefore missing out great opportunities is the worst thing in the world.