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千金難買早知道 (cin1 gam1 naan4 maai5 zou2 zi1 dou3) — if only I would have known earlier in Cantonese

cinˉ¹千gamˉ¹金naanˎ₄難maaiˏ₅買zouˊ²早ziˉ¹知dou˗₃道
简 千金难买早知道
Mandarin Pinyin: qian1 jin1 nan2 mai3 zao3 zhi1 dao4

Meaning of 千金難買早知道

nounif only I would have known earlier
nounmoney can't buy foreknowledge

Characters in 千金難買早知道

千cin1
card cheat; swindler [v] cheat at cards; swindle
金gam1
a Chinese family name
難naan4
unpleasant; bad; offensive
買maai5
buy; purchase | [antonym] 賣
早zou2
early; earlier; soon; beforehand; previous; premature
知zi1
know; understand; be aware of
道dou6
say; speak; talk; tell

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