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大好鮮花插在牛屎裏 (daai6 hou2 sin1 faa1 caap3 zoi6 ngau4 si2 lei5) — what a shame; women with bright future but married to poor guys; the match of a beautiful / talented woman with an ugly / untalented man in Cantonese

daaiˍ₆大houˊ²好sinˉ¹鮮faaˉ¹花caap˗₃插zoiˍ₆在ngauˎ₄牛siˊ²屎leiˏ₅裏
简 大好鲜花插在牛屎里
Mandarin Pinyin: da4 hao3 xian1 hua1 cha5 zai4 niu2 shi3 li3

Meaning of 大好鮮花插在牛屎裏

nounwhat a shame; women with bright future but married to poor guys; the match of a beautiful / talented woman with an ugly / untalented man

Characters in 大好鮮花插在牛屎裏

大daai6
a Chinese family name
好hou2
well; all right; okay
鮮sin1
fresh; new; not withered
花faa1
fireworks
插caap3
interpose; intersperse; cut in
在zoi6
be alive; living; be present; exist
牛ngau4
cow; ox; bull; cattle
屎si2
(of quality, ability, etc) no good, poor
裏leoi5
suffix used to indicate here, there, where

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