針唔拮到肉唔知痛 (zam1 m4 gat1 dou3 juk6 m4 zi1 tung3) — one never feels pain unless he is the o… in Cantonese

zamˉ¹針mˎ₄唔gatˉ¹拮dou˗₃到jukˍ₆肉mˎ₄唔ziˉ¹知tung˗₃痛

简针唔拮到肉唔知痛

Mandarin Pinyin: zhen1 n2 jie2 dao4 rou4 n2 zhi1 tong4

Meaning of 針唔拮到肉唔知痛

nounone never feels pain unless he is the one who experiences it (slang)

keoiˏ₅佢mˎ₄唔mingˎ₄明zamˉ¹針mˎ₄唔gatˉ¹拮dou˗₃到jukˍ₆肉mˎ₄唔ziˉ¹知tung3.痛。

He doesn't understand the saying 'you don't know pain until it happens to you'.

neiˏ₅你siˍ₆試haaˏ₅下zauˍ₆就zi1,知，zamˉ¹針mˎ₄唔gatˉ¹拮dou˗₃到jukˍ₆肉mˎ₄唔ziˉ¹知tung3.痛。

Try it yourself and you'll know; you don't know the pain until it happens.

gongˊ²講zauˍ₆就ji6,易，zamˉ¹針mˎ₄唔gatˉ¹拮dou˗₃到jukˍ₆肉mˎ₄唔ziˉ¹知tung3.痛。

Easy to say, but you don't know the pain until it happens.

zamˉ¹針mˎ₄唔gatˉ¹拮dou˗₃到jukˍ₆肉mˎ₄唔ziˉ¹知tung˗₃痛ze1.啫。

It's easy to say, but you don't know the pain until it happens.

haiˍ₆係lo1,囉，zamˉ¹針mˎ₄唔gatˉ¹拮dou˗₃到jukˍ₆肉mˎ₄唔ziˉ¹知tung3.痛。

Exactly, you don't know the pain until it happens to you.

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