守得雲開見月明

简 守得云开见月明 · 繁 守得雲開見月明
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsau2 dak1 wan4 hoi1 gin3 jyut6 ming4

Meanings

  1. people who can be strong and tough enough to withstand disasters will see hope and victory
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Same syllable, six tones

dak德dak1virtuedak2—dak3—dak4—dak5—特dak6special
mingming1—ming2—ming3—明ming4bright酩ming5drunk命ming6

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: shou3 de2 yun2 kai1 jian4 yue4 ming2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau2 dak1 wan4 hoi1 gin3 jyut6 ming4

Cantonese word readings for 守得雲開見月明. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to manage to get through all the hardships and come to a good end; to see better days after persevering through hard times

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Exact source record & identity守得雲開見月明 守得云开见月明 [shou3 de2 yun2 kai1 jian4 yue4 ming2] {sau2 dak1 wan4 hoi1 gin3 jyut6 ming4} /people who can be strong and tough enough to withstand disasters will see hope and victory/

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