攞苦嚟辛

Chinese

		(Cantonese) to take; to get	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	(Cantonese) to come	8th heavenly stem; tired
trad. (攞苦嚟辛)		攞	苦	嚟	辛
simp. (𫽋苦嚟辛)		𫽋	苦	嚟	辛

Etymology

Built on 辛苦 (san¹ fu², “laborious; hard; miserable; exhausting”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo² fu² lei⁴ san¹ / lo² fu² lai⁴ san¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lo² fu² lei⁴ san¹ / lo² fu² lai⁴ san¹
    • Yale: ló fú lèih sān / ló fú làih sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo² fu² lei⁴ san¹ / lo² fu² lai⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo² fu² léi⁴ sen¹ / lo² fu² lei⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː³⁵ fuː³⁵ lei̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/, /lɔː³⁵ fuː³⁵ lɐi̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

攞苦嚟辛

1. (Cantonese) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back

Synonyms

• 自討苦吃／自讨苦吃 (zìtǎokǔchī)
• 自找麻煩／自找麻烦

Derived terms

• 有自唔在，攞苦嚟辛 / 有自唔在，𫽋苦嚟辛