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老天爺餓不死瞎家雀
简 老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 · 繁 老天爺餓不死瞎家雀Mandarin · pinyin lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què
Meanings
- lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)
- fig. don't give up hope
- if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel
Characters in this entry
- 老
- lǎo · old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 爺
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- 餓
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- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 死
- sǐ · die; dead; death
- 瞎
- xiā · blind, reckless; rash
- 家
- jiā · house, home, residence; family
- 雀
- què · sparrow
- 爷
- yé · father, grandfather
- 饿
- è · hungry; greedy for; hunger
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Mandarin tones
3–1–2–4–4–3–1–1–4 · lao3 tian1 ye2 e4 bu4 si3 xia1 jia1 que4
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