牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低 (ngau4 m4 jam2 seoi2 m4 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1) — if a cow doesn't want to drink, you can't force its head down in Cantonese
ngauˎ₄牛mˎ₄唔jamˊ²飲seoiˊ²水mˎ₄唔gamˍ₆撳dakˉ¹得ngauˎ₄牛tauˎ₄頭daiˉ¹低简 牛唔饮水唔揿得牛头低
Mandarin Pinyin: niu2 wu2 yin3 shui3 wu2 qin4 de2 niu2 tou2 di1
Meaning of 牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低
nounif a cow doesn't want to drink, you can't force its head down
nounyou can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
nounyou cannot force someone to do something against their will;
nounit's impossible to force one to do something unwillingly (slang)