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人怕出名豬怕肥
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fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs. or: one should be cautious of fame, as a pig should fear becoming fat. Alternative: 人怕出名豬怕壯 Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2518 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 3rd Nov 2005 19:32 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:人 jan4 - person; human being怕 paa3 - fear; dread; afraid of; perhaps 出 ceot1 - go out; show up; exceed; put up; produce 名 ming4 meng2 - name; fame 豬 zyu1 - pig 怕 paa3 - fear; dread; afraid of; perhaps 肥 fei4 - fat; greasy; fertile; fertilizer |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).