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唔見棺材唔流眼淚
  m4 gin3 gun1 coi4 m4 lau4 ngaan5 leoi6   jyutping
not shed a tear until one sees the coffin - refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
唔見棺材唔流眼淚

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Characters in this word:

 m4  -  not; no
 gin3 jin6  -  see; meet; view; show evidence of
 gun1  -  coffin
 coi4  -  timber; building materials
 m4  -  not; no
 lau4  -  flow; drift; circulate; current; class; fake
 ngaan5  -  eye
 leoi6  -  tears
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