唔見棺材唔流眼淚

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	coffin	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to cry; to shed tears
trad. (唔見棺材唔流眼淚)		唔	見	棺材	唔	流眼淚
simp. (唔见棺材唔流眼泪)		唔	见	棺材	唔	流眼泪
Literally: “to not shed tears until one sees one's coffin”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ m⁴ lau⁴ ngaan⁵ leoi⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: m⁴ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ m⁴ lau⁴ ngaan⁵ leoi⁶
  - Yale: m̀h gin gūn chòih m̀h làuh ngáahn leuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ gin³ gun¹ tsoi⁴ m⁴ lau⁴ ngaan⁵ loey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ m⁴ leo⁴ ngan⁵ lêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ kiːn³³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ m̩²¹ lɐu̯²¹ ŋaːn¹³ lɵy̯²²/

Proverb

唔見棺材唔流眼淚

(Cantonese) to refuse to be convinced until one is faced with the grim reality

Synonyms

不見棺材不掉淚／不见棺材不掉泪 (bùjiàn guāncai bù diàolèi)
不見棺材不落淚／不见棺材不落泪 (bùjiàn guāncái bù luòlèi)

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