得罪人多，稱呼人少

Chinese

		to offend; to commit a faux pas; to commit a crime to offend; to commit a faux pas; to commit a crime; to break the law	man; person; people	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-		to call; to address	man; person; people	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
trad. (得罪人多，稱呼人少)		得罪	人	多	，	稱呼	人	少
simp. (得罪人多，称呼人少)		得罪	人	多	，	称呼	人	少

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ zeoi⁶ jan⁴ do¹, cing¹ fu¹ jan⁴ siu²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ zeoi⁶ jan⁴ do¹, cing¹ fu¹ jan⁴ siu²
    • Yale: dāk jeuih yàhn dō, chīng fū yàhn síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ dzoey⁶ jan⁴ do¹, tsing¹ fu¹ jan⁴ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ zêu⁶ yen⁴ do¹, qing¹ fu¹ yen⁴ xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ t͡sɵy̯²² jɐn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

得罪人多，稱呼人少

1. (Cantonese) to have offended many and rarely talk to others with politeness and respect

Synonyms

• 得失人多，稱呼人少／得失人多，称呼人少