吃後悔藥

吃後悔藥

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	medicine for remorse
trad. (吃後悔藥)		吃	後悔藥
simp. (吃后悔药)		吃	后悔药
Literally: “to take the medicine for regret”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī hòuhuǐyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ hau⁶ fui³ joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chī hòuhuǐyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy howhoeiyaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: chīhòuhuǐyàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhowhoeiyaull
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ jaʊɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ hau⁶ fui³ joek⁶
    • Yale: hek hauh fui yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ hau⁶ fui³ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ heo⁶ fui³ yêg⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ hɐu̯²² fuːy̯³³ jœ̽ːk̚²/

Verb

吃後悔藥

1. (idiomatic, figuratively) to regret; to cry over spilt milk