未見官先打三十大板

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	official; government; organ of body	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	thirty; 30	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (未見官先打三十大板)		未	見	官	先	打	三十	大	板
simp. (未见官先打三十大板)		未	见	官	先	打	三十	大	板
alternative forms		未見官先打八十大板／未见官先打八十大板
Literally: “to be caned 30 times before one can meet the judge”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ gin³ gun¹ sin¹ daa² saam¹ sap⁶ daai⁶ ban²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ gin³ gun¹ sin¹ daa² saam¹ sap⁶ daai⁶ ban²
    • Yale: meih gin gūn sīn dá sāam sahp daaih bán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ gin³ gun¹ sin¹ daa² saam¹ sap⁹ daai⁶ ban²
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ gin³ gun¹ xin¹ da² sam¹ seb⁶ dai⁶ ben²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² kiːn³³ kuːn⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵ taː³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ sɐp̚² taːi̯²² pɐn³⁵/

Idiom

未見官先打三十大板

1. (Cantonese) to need to pay a high price before one can get what one wants