唔見棺材唔流眼淚 [-见-----泪]
Jyutping
m4 gin3 gun1 coi4 m4 lau4 ngaan5 leoi6
Pinyin
wú jiàn guān cai wú liú yǎn lèi
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語句
親眼見到自己用嘅棺材先識得喊;比喻人面對危機,完全冇危機感、唔知死,等到大難臨頭先識得驚
to be oblivious to danger, and only feel fear when the disaster is about to happen; literally 'doesn't cry until one sees (one's own) coffin'
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proverb, Cantonese
to refuse to be convinced until one is faced with the grim reality
(syn.) 不見棺材不掉淚, 不见棺材不掉泪, 不见棺材不落泪, 不見棺材不落淚
唔見棺材唔流眼淚 [-见-----泪]
Jyutping
m4 gin3 gun1 coi4 m4 lau4 ngaan5 leoi6
Pinyin
n2 jiàn guān cai n2 liú yǎn lèi
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not crying until one sees the funerary box, not willing to believe until one faces the reality