好人難做

简 好人难做 · 繁 好人難做
Cantonese · source Jyutpinghou2 jan4 naan4 zou6

Meanings

  1. it is hard to be a kind
  2. good person, it means sometimes people will end up doing bad things even though with good intentions
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Same syllable, six tones

naannaan1—naan2—naan3—难naan4difficult赧naan5blushing with shamenaan6—

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.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: hao3 ren2 nan2 zuo4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hou2 jan4 naan4 zou6

Cantonese word readings for 好人難做. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity好人難做 好人难做 [hao3 ren2 nan2 zuo4] {hou2 jan4 naan4 zou6} /it is hard to be a kind/ good person, it means sometimes people will end up doing bad things even though with good intentions/

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