好死不如賴活著

Chinese

		good death; agreeable death; damn fantastic	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	disclaim; rely; to blame	to be alive; to be living; clever move
trad. (好死不如賴活著)		好死	不如	賴	活著
simp. (好死不如赖活著)		好死	不如	赖	活著

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄓㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² sei² bat¹ jyu⁴ laai⁶ wut⁶ zoek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe [Phonetic: háosǐbùrúlàihuózhe]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄓㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosǐh bùrú lài huójhe̊
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-ssŭ³ pu⁴-ju² lai⁴ huo²-chê⁵
  - Yale: hǎu-sž bù-rú lài hwó-je
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haosyy buru lay hwo.je
  - Palladius: хаосы бужу лай хочжэ (xaosy bužu laj xočžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² sei² bat¹ jyu⁴ laai⁶ wut⁶ zoek⁶
  - Yale: hóu séi bāt yùh laaih wuht jeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² sei² bat⁷ jy⁴ laai⁶ wut⁹ dzoek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² séi² bed¹ yu⁴ lai⁶ wud⁶ zêg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ laːi̯²² wuːt̚² t͡sœːk̚²/

Proverb

好死不如賴活著

it’s better to live a wretched existence than to experience a good death; better a bad life than a good death; a living ass is better than a dead lion

Synonyms

好死不如賴活／好死不如赖活
好死不如歹活