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唔見棺材唔流眼淚 (m4 gin3 gun1 coi4 m4 lau4 ngaan5 leoi6) — not shed a tear until one sees the coffin - refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality in Cantonese

mˎ₄唔gin˗₃見gunˉ¹棺coiˎ₄材mˎ₄唔lauˎ₄流ngaanˏ₅眼leoiˍ₆淚
简 唔见棺材唔流眼泪
Mandarin Pinyin: wu2 jian4 guan1 cai5 wu2 liu2 yan3 lei4

Meaning of 唔見棺材唔流眼淚

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

Characters in 唔見棺材唔流眼淚

唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
見gin3
meet; call on; visit
棺gun1
coffin
材coi4
material in its broadest sense
流lau4
circulate; spread; pass down to
眼ngaan5
eye; ocular; look; glance
淚leoi6
tears; teardrop

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