不見棺材不掉淚

不見棺材不掉淚

Chinese

		to not see; to not meet	coffin	not; no	to shed tears
trad. (不見棺材不掉淚)		不見	棺材	不	掉淚
simp. (不见棺材不掉泪)		不见	棺材	不	掉泪
variant forms		不見棺材不落淚／不见棺材不落泪
Literally: “not shed a tear until one sees the coffin”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjiàn guāncai bù diàolèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bat¹ diu⁶ leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùjiàn guāncai bù diàolèi [Phonetic: bújiàn guāncai bú diàolèi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujiann guan.tsai bu diawley
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯² pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bat¹ diu⁶ leoi⁶
    • Yale: bāt gin gūn chòih bāt diuh leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gin³ gun¹ tsoi⁴ bat⁷ diu⁶ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bed¹ diu⁶ lêu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːy̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²² lɵy̯²²/

Proverb

不見棺材不掉淚

1. to refuse to be convinced until one is faced with the grim reality; tenacious, resolute or pertinacious in one's pursuit of a goal despite of obstacles or advice

Related terms

• 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒／留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 (liú dé qīngshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo)
• 不到黃河心不死／不到黄河心不死 (bù dào Huánghé xīn bù sǐ)
• (Cantonese) 唔見棺材唔流眼淚／唔见棺材唔流眼泪
• Thai: ไม่เห็นโลงศพ ไม่หลั่งน้ำตา