不如 (bat1 jyu4) — why not...? why don't...? let (us/me)... in Cantonese
batˉ¹不jyuˎ₄如Mandarin Pinyin: bu4 ru2
Meaning of 不如
nounwhy not...? why don't...? let (us/me)...
nounnot as good as... | [粵]: 唔及得
Example Sentences with 不如
不如去雞記食早餐囉!
Let's go to KFC have a breakfast.
咁夜重上網？不如聽朝再玩過啦！
Still surfing the web at this time of the night? Why don't you (go to bed) and go online again in the morning?
與其苟且偷生不如死
It is better to die than to drag on with such an ignoble existence.
與其補救於已然，不如防患於未然。
Prevention is better than cure.
batˉ¹不jyuˎ₄如jatˉ¹一caiˎ₄齊heoi˗₃去tak˗₃踢boˉ¹波。
Let's go and play football.
Characters in 不如
Words Containing 不如
言教不如身教jin4 gaau3 bat1 jyu4 san1 gaau3
teaching by action is better than teaching by word; actions speak louder than words
百聞不如一見baak3 man4 bat1 jyu4 jat1 gin3
seeing is believing; a picture is worth a thousand words
一動不如一靜jat1 dung6 bat1 jyu4 jat1 zing6
lit. one move is not as good as standing still, meaning not to take action until one can clarify if any moves are of any value
多一事不如少一事do1 jat1 si6 bat1 jyu4 siu2 jat1 si6
the less trouble the better; avoid trouble as much a possible
大不如前daai6 bat1 jyu4 cin4
a shadow of one's former self
生不如死sang1 bat1 jyu4 sei2
a painful life; a life in which it's better to die than to live
做生不如做熟zou6 sang1 bat1 jyu4 zou6 suk6
it is better to do what you are familiar with rather than something unknown, it is better to work in a familiar environment than a new working environment
相請不如偶遇soeng1 cing2 bat1 jyu4 ngau5 jyu6
(proverb) when two people meet by chance or bump into each other, they do something together without planning
讀萬卷書不如行萬里路duk6 maan6 gyun2 syu1 bat1 jyu4 haang4 maan6 lei5 lou6
it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books: it means in order to attain wisdom, it is not enough merely to read books, one must also travel a lot to get real experience
技不如人gei6 bat1 jyu4 jan4
not as skillful as others
親生仔不如近身錢can1 sang1 zai2 bat1 jyu4 gan6 san1 cin4
it's better to have money than to have to depend on your own children
授人以魚，不如授人以漁sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4 bat1 jyu4 sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4
it's better to teach a man to fish than to give a man a fish
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