|
Idiom |
jyutping |
pinyin |
Meaning |
|
白象
|
baak6 zoeng6 |
bai2 xiang4 |
white elephant |
|
聽者有份
|
teng1 ze2 jau5 fan6*2 |
|
whoever heard first can be involved/invited |
|
滿肚密圈
|
mun5 tou5 mat6 hyun1 |
|
whole bag of tricks |
|
赤子之心
|
cik3 zi2 zi1 sam1 |
chi4 zi3 zhi1 xin1 |
whole-hearted devotion |
|
疊埋心水
|
dip6 maai4 sam1 seoi2 |
|
wholeheartedly, with resolve |
|
何樂而不為
|
ho4 lok6 ji4 bat1 wai4 |
he2 le4 er2 bu4 wei2 |
why not go ahead with it |
|
告枕頭狀
|
gou3 zam2 tau4 zong6*2 |
|
wife's complaints against person |
|
離行離迾
|
lei4 hong4 lei4 laat6 |
|
wild off the mark |
|
雙贏局面
|
soeng1 jeng4 guk6 min6 |
|
win-win situation |
|
大風大浪
|
daai6 fung1 daai6 long6 |
da4 feng1 da4 lang4 |
wind and waves; great storms; storm and stress |
|
經一事長一智
|
ging1 jat1 si6 zoeng2 jat1 zi3 |
jing1 yi1 shi4 zhang3 yi1 zhi4 |
wisdom comes from experience |
|
足智多謀
|
zuk1 zi3 do1 mau4 |
zu2 zhi4 duo1 mou2 |
wise with lots of strategies |
|
家破人亡
|
gaa1 po3 jan4 mong4 |
jia1 po4 ren2 wang2 |
with one's house in ruins and family members dead |
|
不名一文
|
bat1 ming4 jat1 man4 |
bu4 ming2 yi1 wen2 |
without a penny to one's name; penniless; stony-broke |
|
冇油唔甩鑊
|
mou5 jau4*2 m4 lat1 wok6 |
|
without offering something (e.g.money), it's hard to get things done. |
|
半路出家
|
bun3 lou6 ceot1 gaa1 |
ban4 lu4 chu1 jia1 |
without solid foundation; switch to a job one was not trained for |
|
無憂無慮
|
mou4 jau1 mou4 leoi6 |
|
without worries |
|
女為悅己者容
|
neoi5 wai6 jyut6 gei2 ze2 jung4 |
nv3 wei4 yue4 ji3 zhe3 rong2 |
women get put on make-up for those whom they like; a girl will doll herself up for the one she loves |
|
十八廿二
|
sap6 baat3 jaa6 ji6*2 |
|
women in the bloom of youth (lit., "eighteen and twenty-two") |
|
赴湯蹈火,在所不辭
|
fu6 tong1 dou6 fo2, zoi6 so2 bat1 ci4 |
fu4 tang1 dao3 huo3, zai4 suo3 bu4 ci2 |
won't flinch from any dangerous task |