不見棺材不落淚

不見棺材不落淚

Chinese

		to not see; to not meet	coffin	not; no	to shed tears; to weep
trad. (不見棺材不落淚)		不見	棺材	不	落淚
simp. (不见棺材不落泪)		不见	棺材	不	落泪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjiàn guāncái bù luòlèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄘㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bat¹ lok⁶ leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùjiàn guāncái bù luòlèi [Phonetic: bújiàn guāncái bú luòlèi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄘㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujiann guantsair bu luohley
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjiàn guancái bù luòlèi
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹ kwän⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lwɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bat¹ lok⁶ leoi⁶
    • Yale: bāt gin gūn chòih bāt lohk leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gin³ gun¹ tsoi⁴ bat⁷ lok⁹ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bed¹ log⁶ lêu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːy̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ lɔːk̚² lɵy̯²²/

Proverb

不見棺材不落淚

1. Synonym of 不見棺材不掉淚／不见棺材不掉泪 (bùjiàn guāncai bù diàolèi, “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”).