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Jyutping hou2 sei2 bat1 jyu4 laai6 wut6 zoek6
Pinyin hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb
    it’s better to live a wretched existence than to experience a good death; better a bad life than a good death; a living ass is better than a dead lion
    (syn.) 好死不如赖活, 好死不如賴活, 好死不如歹活

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Jyutping hou2 sei2 bat1 jyu4 laai6 wut6 zoek6
Pinyin hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. better a bad life than a good death (idiom)