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好嘅唔靈醜嘅靈
hou2 ge3 m4 leng4 cau2 ge3 leng4
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ill news is too often true; the evil always prevail | [synonym] 烏鴉嘴 [literal] Favourable predictions never come true, but the bad ones do This expression is sometimes used to request that someone refrain from making gloomy predictions.
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Characters in this word:好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready嘅 ge3 ge2 - adjective suffix; possessive/final particle 唔 m4 - not; no 靈 ling4 leng4 - spirit, soul 醜 cau2 - ugly; disgraceful 嘅 ge3 ge2 - adjective suffix; possessive/final particle 靈 ling4 leng4 - spirit, soul |
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