挨生挨死

Chinese

		next to; suffer (hunger); endure next to; suffer (hunger); endure; drag out; delay; stall; play for time; lean to; in order; in sequence	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	next to; suffer (hunger); endure next to; suffer (hunger); endure; drag out; delay; stall; play for time; lean to; in order; in sequence	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
simp. and trad. (挨生挨死)		挨	生	挨	死

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁴ saang¹ ngaai⁴ sei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): âi-sâng-âi-sí

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaai⁴ saang¹ ngaai⁴ sei²
  - Yale: ngàaih sāang ngàaih séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁴ saang¹ ngaai⁴ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁴ sang¹ ngai⁴ séi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋäːi̯²¹ säːŋ⁵⁵ ŋäːi̯²¹ sei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: âi-sâng-âi-sí
  - Hakka Romanization System: ai´ sang´ ai´ xi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ai¹ sang¹ ai¹ xi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ai̯²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ai̯²⁴ ɕi³¹/

Idiom

挨生挨死

(Cantonese, Hakka) to drag out an ignoble existence; to endure hardships; to live a hard life and work very hard

Synonyms

苟且偷生 (gǒuqiětōushēng)

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