上得山多總遇虎 (soeng5 dak1 saan1 do1 zung2 jyu6 fu2 | ) : if one does risky things all the time then sooner or later he will get into trouble

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上得山多總遇虎

soeng5 dak1 saan1 do1 zung2 jyu6 fu2

if one does risky things all the time then sooner or later he will get into trouble (lit., "if you go up to the mountains a lot, then you eventually will encounter a tiger")

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

上得山多總遇虎

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上 soeng6 soeng5 - upper; superior; preceding; up; on
得 dak1 - get; obtain; fit; finished; able to; must
山 saan1 - mountain; hill; peak
多 do1 - many; much; more; more than
總 zung2 - general; chief; assemble; always; anyway
遇 jyu6 - meet, encounter; treat; chance
虎 fu2 - tiger

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