打跛腳都唔使憂

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	lame; crippled	role; foot; base	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	to not need; you're welcome	worried
trad. (打跛腳都唔使憂)		打	跛	腳	都	唔使	憂
simp. (打跛脚都唔使忧)		打	跛	脚	都	唔使	忧
alternative forms		打跛腳唔使憂／打跛脚唔使忧
Literally: “no worries even if one beats his leg and becomes lame”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² bai¹ goek³ dou¹ m⁴ sai² jau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² bai¹ goek³ dou¹ m⁴ sai² jau¹
    • Yale: dá bāi geuk dōu m̀h sái yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² bai¹ goek⁸ dou¹ m⁴ sai² jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² bei¹ gêg³ dou¹ m⁴ sei² yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ pɐi̯⁵⁵ kœːk̚³ tou̯⁵⁵ m̩²¹ sɐi̯³⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

打跛腳都唔使憂

1. (Cantonese) to have no worries because one has become rich