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早起的鳥兒有蟲吃 (zou2 hei2 dik1 niu5 ji4 jau5 cung4 hek3) — the early bird catches the worm in Cantonese

zouˊ²早heiˊ²起dikˉ¹的niuˏ₅鳥jiˎ₄兒jauˏ₅有cungˎ₄蟲hek˗₃吃
简 早起的鸟儿有虫吃
Mandarin Pinyin: zao3 qi3 de5 niao3 er5 you3 chong2 chi1

Meaning of 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃

nounthe early bird catches the worm

Characters in 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃

早zou2
early; earlier; soon; beforehand; previous; premature
起hei2
case; instance
的dik1
final particle
鳥niu5
bird
兒ji4
final particle / suffix, placed after many commonly used nouns to avoid employing one-syllable terms in speech (very common in the Beijing dialect 北京話, see: 兒化, 兒化韻)
有jau5
there is; exist; be present
蟲cung4
person with a certain kind of undesirable quality
吃hek3
wipe out; annihilate; destroy

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