皇帝女唔憂嫁 (wong4 dai3 neoi2 m4 jau1 gaa3) — (proverb) the girls from a rich family… in Cantonese

wongˎ₄皇dai˗₃帝neoiˊ²女mˎ₄唔jauˉ¹憂gaa˗₃嫁

简皇帝女唔忧嫁

Mandarin Pinyin: huang2 di4 nv3 n2 you1 jia4

Meaning of 皇帝女唔憂嫁

noun(proverb) the girls from a rich family is carefree (usually it has negative meaning)

keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係wongˎ₄皇deiˍ₆帝neoiˏ₅女mˎ₄唔jauˉ¹憂gaa3.嫁。

She's like a princess, she'll never be short of suitors.

neiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔saiˊ²使daamˉ¹擔sam1,心，neiˏ₅你haiˍ₆係wongˎ₄皇deiˍ₆帝neoiˏ₅女mˎ₄唔jauˉ¹憂gaa3.嫁。

Don't worry, you're a catch and won't be single for long.

keoiˏ₅佢gam˗₃咁houˊ²好tiuˎ₄條gin2,件，gaanˊ²簡zatˉ¹直wongˎ₄皇deiˍ₆帝neoiˏ₅女mˎ₄唔jauˉ¹憂gaa3.嫁。

With her good qualities, she's a prime candidate for marriage.

keoiˏ₅佢saiˊ²使matˉ¹乜gam˗₃咁nouˏ₅努lik6?力？wongˎ₄皇deiˍ₆帝neoiˏ₅女mˎ₄唔jauˉ¹憂gaa˗₃嫁ze1.啫。

Why does she try so hard? She's so desirable, marriage isn't a problem.

tiuˎ₄條neoiˊ²女janˎ₄人jyunˎ₄緣gam˗₃咁hou2,好，wongˎ₄皇deiˍ₆帝neoiˏ₅女mˎ₄唔jauˉ¹憂gaa˗₃嫁laa1.啦。

She's so popular, she'll have no trouble finding a husband.

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