爛船都有三斤釘

Chinese

		rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	a boat; vessel; ship	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	three	catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg	nail
trad. (爛船都有三斤釘)		爛	船	都	有	三	斤	釘
simp. (烂船都有三斤钉)		烂	船	都	有	三	斤	钉
Literally: “a broken ship still has three catties of nails”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁶ syun⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ saam¹ gan¹ deng¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁶ syun⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ saam¹ gan¹ deng¹
    • Yale: laahn syùhn dōu yáuh sāam gān dēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁶ syn⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ saam¹ gan¹ deng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁶ xun⁴ dou¹ yeo⁵ sam¹ gen¹ déng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²² syːn²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ saːm⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵ tɛːŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

爛船都有三斤釘

1. (Cantonese) No matter how bad something is, there is still some value in it.

Synonyms

• 爛船也有三斤釘／烂船也有三斤钉
• 爛船也有三斤鐵／烂船也有三斤铁
• (Cantonese) 爛船都有三分釘／烂船都有三分钉