得閒死唔得閒病
简 得闲死唔得闲病 · 繁 得閒死唔得閒病Meanings
- lit. can free time to die, but cannot free time for sickness, meaning one who is so busy that one can afford death, but cannot afford falling sick
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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.
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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
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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: de2 jian1 si3 n2 de2 jian1 bing4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dak1 haan4 sei2 m4 dak1 haan4 beng6
Cantonese word readings for 得閒死唔得閒病. 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.
phrase
- (Cantonese, hyperbolic) to be so swamped; to be extremely busy
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