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不
甘
後
人
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后
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Jyutping
bat1 gam1 hau6 jan4
Pinyin
bù gān hòu rén
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
(idiom) not want to be outdone
not content to lag behind
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
not content to fall behind or not to exceed
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語句
唔甘心落後畀人
not content to fall behind
為善不甘後人
为善不甘后人
wai4 sin6 bat1 gam1 hau6 jan4
unwilling to be outdone in charity
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
to not be content to lag behind; to hate being outdone; to be not content to fall behind or not exceed
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
为善不甘后人
為善不甘後人
wai4 sin6 bat1 gam1 hau6 jan4
unwilling to be outdone in charity
Cantonese
不甘后人
不甘後人
bat1 gam1 hau6 jan4
unwilling to fall behind