也有今天

也有今天

Chinese

		also; too	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	today; nowadays
trad. (也有今天)		也	有	今天
simp. #(也有今天)		也	有	今天
Literally: “also have today”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yěyǒu jīntiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa⁵ jau⁵ gam¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yěyǒu jīntiān [Phonetic: yéyǒujīntiān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyieyeou jintian
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jaa⁵ jau⁵ gam¹ tin¹
    • Yale: yáh yáuh gām tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jaa⁵ jau⁵ gam¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ya⁵ yeo⁵ gem¹ tin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jäː¹³ jɐu̯¹³ kɐm⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

也有今天

1. (colloquial) to get one's comeuppance for a wrong deed

   約翰的女友發現了他的不忠並甩了他，原來他也有今天。 [MSC, trad.]
   约翰的女友发现了他的不忠并甩了他，原来他也有今天。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yuēhàn de nǚyǒu fāxiàn le tā de bùzhōng bìng shuǎi le tā, yuánlái tā yěyǒujīntiān. [Pinyin]

   After discovering John's infidelity his girlfriend dumped him - in the end he really got his just deserts.

   你也有今天都是你自作自受。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Nǐ yěyǒujīntiān dōu shì nǐ zìzuòzìshòu. [Pinyin]

   You'll get what you deserve for what you've done.