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Jyutping daai6 naan6 bat1 sei2
Pinyin dà nàn bù sǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to just escape from calamity
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    經歷​一場​災難​後​倖存
    to survive a great disaster
    • 大難不死,必有後福
      大难不死,必有后福
      daai6 naan6 bat1 sei2, bit1 jau5 hau6 fuk1
      one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster
    • 今次冇温書都合格,真係大難不死。
      今次冇温书都合格,真系大难不死。
      I pass the exam though I didn't study at all. It's like surviving a great disaster!
    • 今次飛機失事﹐有十個人大難不死。
      今次飞机失事﹐有十个人大难不死。
      10 have survived the plane crash.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to escape from death in a great catastrophe
    • 如能大難不死,定會與你重聚。
      如能大难不死,定会与你重聚。
      rú néng dà nán bù sǐ , dìng huì yǔ nǐ chóng jù .
      I may meet you again if I am spared.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    大难不死,必有后福
    大難不死,必有後福
    daai6 naan6 bat1 sei2, bit1 jau5 hau6 fuk1
    • one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster
  2. Cantonese
    今次冇温书都合格,真系大难不死。
    今次冇温書都合格,真係大難不死。
    • I pass the exam though I didn't study at all. It's like surviving a great disaster!
  3. Cantonese
    今次飞机失事﹐有十个人大难不死。
    今次飛機失事﹐有十個人大難不死。
    • 10 have survived the plane crash.
  4. Cantonese
    你哋今次遇到意外都大难不死,快啲去还神啦。
    你哋今次遇到意外都大難不死,快啲去還神啦。
    nei5 dei6 gam1 ci3 jyu6 dou2 ji3 ngoi6 dou1 daai6 naan6 bat1 sei2, faai3 di1 heoi3 waan4 san4 laa1.
    • You guys should thank god as soon as possible that you were still alive after such an accident.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    大难不死
    大難不死
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    他多次历险却大难不死,按照我们中国人的传统说法,他真的够得上是“福大、命大、造化大”。
    他多次歷險卻大難不死,按照我們中國人的傳統説法,他真的夠得上是“福大、命大、造化大”。
    tā duō cì lì xiǎn què dà nàn bù sǐ , àn zhào wǒ men zhōng guó rén de chuán tǒng shuō fǎ , tā zhēn de gòu de shàng shì “ fú dà , mìng dà , zào hua dà ” .
    • He escaped death many times. According to the traditional Chinese saying, he really is "lucky, lucky, lucky."
  2. Mandarin
    如能大难不死,定会与你重聚。
    如能大難不死,定會與你重聚。
    rú néng dà nán bù sǐ , dìng huì yǔ nǐ chóng jù .
    • I may meet you again if I am spared.