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小心駛得晚年船
  siu2 sam1 sai2 dak1 maan5 nin4 syun4   jyutping
  xiao3 xin1 shi3 de2 wan3 nian2 chuan2   pinyin
it pays a long way to be careful


Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
小心駛得晚年船 / 小心驶得晚年船

This word was added by bernard on 17th Aug 2009 03:30
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Characters in this word:

 siu2  -  small, tiny, little
 sam1  -  heart
 sai2 si2  -  sail (vessels); run; drive; pilot
 dak1  -  get; obtain; need
 maan5  -  night, late
 nin4  -  year
 syun4  -  ship; boat; vessel; craft

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We must consider this matter more carefully; being cautious will help us go a long way.
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