有早知，冇乞兒 (jau5 zou2 zi1, mou5 hat1 ji1) — if a begger knew before hand what choic… in Cantonese | HKDictionary

jauˏ₅有zouˊ²早zi1,知，mouˏ₅冇hatˉ¹乞jiˉ¹兒

简有早知，冇乞儿

Mandarin Pinyin: you3 zao3 zhi1, mao3 qi3 er2

Meaning of 有早知，冇乞兒

nounif a begger knew before hand what choices would lead up to him becoming a beggar, he wouldn't have made those choices in the first place

nounhad one been able to forecast the outcome in advance they would not have done something the same way

Characters in 有早知，冇乞兒

there is; exist; be present

early; earlier; soon; beforehand; previous; premature

know; understand; be aware of

don't have; haven't; not; do not; have no

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)

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