唔見棺材唔流眼淚
简 唔见棺材唔流眼泪 · 繁 唔見棺材唔流眼淚Meanings
- not crying until one sees the funerary box, not willing to believe until one faces the reality
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
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Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: n2 jian4 guan1 cai5 n2 liu2 yan3 lei4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
m4 gin3 gun1 coi4 m4 lau4 ngaan5 leoi6
Cantonese word readings for 唔見棺材唔流眼淚. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
proverb
- (Cantonese) to refuse to be convinced until one is faced with the grim reality
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