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飛
上
枝
頭
變
鳳
凰
[
飞
--
头
变
凤
-]
Jyutping
fei1 soeng5 zi1 tau4 bin3 fung6 wong4
Pinyin
fēi shàng zhī tóu biàn fèng huáng
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語句
女性喺嫁到個高貴嘅老公之後,身份亦都跟住提升;出自明末吳偉業嘅《圓圓曲》
to be a Cinderella; literally: to fly up to the branch and become a Chinese phoenix
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
飞上枝头变凤凰
飛上枝頭變鳳凰
fei1 soeng5 zi1 tau4 bin3 fung6 wong4
fly to the top of branches and become a phoenix.