相見好，同住難 (soeng1 gin3 hou2 tung4 zyu6 naan4) — (proverb) people are nice when they mee… in Cantonese

soengˉ¹相gin˗₃見houˊ²好，tungˎ₄同zyuˍ₆住naanˎ₄難

简相见好，同住难

Mandarin Pinyin: xiang1 jian4 hao3 , tong2 zhu4 nan2

Meaning of 相見好，同住難

noun(proverb) people are nice when they meet; but it is difficult to get along with others

keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋soengˉ¹相gin˗₃見hou2,好，tungˎ₄同zyuˍ₆住naanˎ₄難

They get along fine when they meet, but living together is difficult.

soengˉ¹相gin˗₃見hou2,好，tungˎ₄同zyuˍ₆住naanˎ₄難loˉ¹囉

It's nice to meet you, but living together is hard, you know.

aai1,唉，soengˉ¹相gin˗₃見hou2,好，tungˎ₄同zyuˍ₆住naanˎ₄難

Sigh, it's nice to see each other, but living together is tough.

zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係soengˉ¹相gin˗₃見hou2,好，tungˎ₄同zyuˍ₆住naanˎ₄難

It's really true that meeting is nice, but living together is hard.

ngoˏ₅我deiˍ₆哋douˉ¹都haiˍ₆係soengˉ¹相gin˗₃見hou2,好，tungˎ₄同zyuˍ₆住naanˎ₄難

We all find meeting nice, but living together difficult.

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