執輸行頭,慘過敗家

Chinese

to miss out on a great opportunity
 
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
head; (noun suffix)
 
miserable; wretched; cruel
miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic
 
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker)
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
to make the family fall into reduced circumstances; to squander a family fortune
trad. (執輸行頭,慘過敗家) 執輸 敗家
simp. (执输行头,惨过败家) 执输 败家
alternative forms 執輸行頭慘過敗家执输行头惨过败家
Literally: “To miss out on an opportunity and getting to the front is worse than ruining one's family.”

Pronunciation


Proverb

執輸行頭,慘過敗家

  1. (Cantonese) Not acting quickly and therefore missing out great opportunities is the worst thing in the world.
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