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危難,"不需上前";,"上陣不離父子兵"。
A son would would protect his father and face the danger himself; but in times of emergency, both son and father would fight the battle together. link to audio file

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This sentence may be used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 3
危難中,"有子不需父上前";搶險時,"上陣不離父子兵"。

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危難  ngai4 naan6  wei1 nan4  -  danger and disaster; calamity
 zung1 zung3  zhong1 zhong4  - centre; middle; during; average; affected by
 jau5 jau6  you3 you4  - have; there is
 zi2  zi3 zi5  - son; person; egg; young; subsidiary
不需  bat1 seoi1  bu4 xu1  -  not needed
 fu6 fu2  fu4 fu3  - father
上前  soeng5 cin4  shang4 qian2  -  come/go forward
 coeng2 coeng1  qiang3 qiang1  - snatch; vie for
 him2  xian3  - dangerous; danger; sinister; nearly
 si4  shi2  - time
上陣不離父子兵  soeng5 zan6 bat1 lei4 fu6 zi2 bing1  shang4 zhen4 bu4 li2 fu4 zi3 bing1  -  good relationship between son and father; blood is thicker than water
This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:06
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