好天斬埋落雨柴

Chinese

		fine day; day of lovely weather	behead; chop	to blame; bury	to rain	firewood
trad. (好天斬埋落雨柴)		好天	斬	埋	落雨	柴
simp. (好天斩埋落雨柴)		好天	斩	埋	落雨	柴
Literally: “hew firewood on days with good weather for use on rainy [days]”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² tin¹ zaam² maai⁴ lok⁶ jyu⁵ caai⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² tin¹ zaam² maai⁴ lok⁶ jyu⁵ caai⁴
    • Yale: hóu tīn jáam màaih lohk yúh chàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² tin¹ dzaam² maai⁴ lok⁹ jy⁵ tsaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² tin¹ zam² mai⁴ log⁶ yu⁵ cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡saːm³⁵ maːi̯²¹ lɔːk̚² jyː¹³ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

Idiom

好天斬埋落雨柴

1. (Cantonese) to plan ahead

Synonyms

• 未雨綢繆／未雨绸缪 (wèiyǔchóumóu)