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不見棺材不落淚 (bat1 gin3 gun1 coi4 bat1 lok6 leoi6) — not shed a tear until one sees the coffin - refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality in Cantonese

batˉ¹不gin˗₃見gunˉ¹棺coiˎ₄材batˉ¹不lokˍ₆落leoiˍ₆淚
简 不见棺材不落泪
Mandarin Pinyin: bu4 jian4 guan1 cai2 bu4 luo4 lei4

Meaning of 不見棺材不落淚

nounnot shed a tear until one sees the coffin - refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality

Characters in 不見棺材不落淚

不bat1
not; no; un-
見gin3
meet; call on; visit
棺gun1
coffin
材coi4
material in its broadest sense
落lok6
natural and poised
淚leoi6
tears; teardrop

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