臨急抱耶穌腳

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	hurried; worried	to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace; surround; cherish	Jesus	role; foot; base
trad. (臨急抱耶穌腳)		臨	急	抱	耶穌	腳
simp. (临急抱耶稣脚)		临	急	抱	耶稣	脚

Etymology

Adapted from 臨急抱佛腳 / 临急抱佛脚 (línjí bào fójiǎo), replacing 佛 (Fó, “Buddha”) with 耶穌 / 耶稣 (Yēsū, “Jesus”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línjí bào Yēsū jiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄧㄝㄙㄨㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ gap¹ pou⁵ je⁴ sou¹ goek³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línjí bào Yēsū jiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄧㄝㄙㄨㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línjí bào Yesu jiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-chi² pao⁴ Yeh¹-su¹ chiao³
  - Yale: lín-jí bàu Yē-sū jyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linjyi baw Iesu jeau
  - Palladius: линьцзи бао Есу цзяо (linʹczi bao Jesu czjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɛ⁵⁵ su⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lam⁴ gap¹ pou⁵ je⁴ sou¹ goek³
  - Yale: làhm gāp póuh yèh sōu geuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ gap⁷ pou⁵ je⁴ sou¹ goek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ geb¹ pou⁵ yé⁴ sou¹ gêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ kɐp̚⁵ pʰou̯¹³ jɛː²¹ sou̯⁵⁵ kœːk̚³/

Idiom

臨急抱耶穌腳

(Christianity or humorous, chiefly Cantonese, informal) to do something hurriedly only at the last minute
- 2013 May 10, @siufucat, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-11-22:
  
  又黎臨急抱耶穌腳，今次大鑊啦，今晚要背晒孫中山史跡徑，前荷里活道警察宿舍，中央書院，皇仁書院，永利街同最最最大鑊嘅中區警署建築群，域多利監獄，中央裁判處嘅歷史同建築特色。。。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  又黎临急抱耶稣脚，今次大镬啦，今晚要背晒孙中山史迹径，前荷里活道警察宿舍，中央书院，皇仁书院，永利街同最最最大镬嘅中区警署建筑群，域多利监狱，中央裁判处嘅历史同建筑特色。。。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  jau⁶ lai⁴ lam⁴ gap¹ pou⁵ je⁴ sou¹ goek³, gam¹ ci³ daai⁶ wok⁶ laa¹, gam¹ maan⁵ jiu³ bui⁶ saai³ syun¹ zung¹ saan¹ si² zik¹ ging³, cin⁴ ho⁴ lei⁵ wut⁶ dou⁶ ging² caat³ suk¹ se³, zung¹ joeng¹ syu¹ jyun^6-2, wong⁴ jan^4-2 syu¹ jyun^6-2, wing⁵ lei^6-2 gaai¹ tung⁴ zeoi³ zeoi³ zeoi³ daai⁶ wok⁶ ge³ zung¹ keoi¹ ging² cyu⁵ gin³ zuk¹ kwan⁴, wik⁶ do¹ lei⁶ gaam¹ juk⁶, zung¹ joeng¹ coi⁴ pun³ cyu³ ge³ lik⁶ si² tung⁴ gin³ zuk¹ dak⁶ sik¹... [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2015, 小綿羊, “原來祂沒背棄我”, in 更新 [Renewal]‎^[2], number 64, page 15:
  
  當時我的血壓一直下跌，我感到很辛苦，正當院方為我準備急救時，我便「臨急抱耶穌腳」，心裡說：「耶穌，救我！」 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  当时我的血压一直下跌，我感到很辛苦，正当院方为我准备急救时，我便「临急抱耶稣脚」，心里说：「耶稣，救我！」 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  dong¹ si⁴ ngo⁵ dik¹ hyut³ aat³ jat¹ zik⁶ haa⁶ dit³, ngo⁵ gam² dou³ han² san¹ fu², zing³ dong¹ jyun^6-2 fong¹ wai⁴ ngo⁵ zeon² bei⁶ gap¹ gau³ si⁴, ngo⁵ bin⁶ “lam⁴ gap¹ pou⁵ je⁴ sou¹ goek³”, sam¹ leoi⁵ syut³: “je⁴ sou¹, gau³ ngo⁵!” [Jyutping]
  At the time, my blood pressure kept plummetting, and I felt miserable. Just when the hospital was preparing for first aid, I said in my heart hurriedly at the last minute, "Jesus, save me!"
- 2017 February 14, 漆黑中嘅螢火蟲 (#6321), “[扮工動物園]終於過左情人節之星期三 #3”, in LIHKG‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-11-22:
  
  噚日有人放工臨急抱耶穌腳都買唔到花 [Cantonese, trad.]
  㖊日有人放工临急抱耶稣脚都买唔到花 [Cantonese, simp.]
  cam⁴ jat⁶ jau⁵ jan⁴ fong³ gung¹ lam⁴ gap¹ pou⁵ je⁴ sou¹ goek³ dou¹ maai⁵ m⁴ dou² faa¹ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

臨時抱耶穌腳／临时抱耶稣脚 (línshí bào Yēsū jiǎo)