"好死不如賴活著" meaning in Chinese

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Proverb

IPA: /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hou̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ laːi̯²² wuːt̚² t͡sœːk̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə³/, /hou̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ laːi̯²² wuːt̚² t͡sœːk̚²/ Chinese transliterations: hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄓㄜ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hou² sei² bat¹ jyu⁴ laai⁶ wut⁶ zoek⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe [Phonetic:háosǐbùrúlàihuózhe] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hǎosǐh bùrú lài huójhe̊ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hao³-ssŭ³ pu⁴-ju² lai⁴ huo²-chê⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hǎu-sž bù-rú lài hwó-je [Mandarin, Yale], haosyy buru lay hwo.je [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хаосы бужу лай хочжэ [Mandarin, Palladius], xaosy bužu laj xočžɛ [Mandarin, Palladius], hóu séi bāt yùh laaih wuht jeuhk [Cantonese, Yale], hou² sei² bat⁷ jy⁴ laai⁶ wut⁹ dzoek⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hou² séi² bed¹ yu⁴ lai⁶ wud⁶ zêg⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 好死不如賴活著
  1. 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 Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: 好死不如賴活/好死不如赖活, 好死不如歹活, 好死不如賴活, 好死不如赖活
    Sense id: en-好死不如賴活著-zh-proverb-uOddTsNf Categories (other): Cantonese proverbs, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese proverbs, Mandarin proverbs

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      "zh-pron": "haosyy buru lay hwo.je"
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      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə³/",
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      "zh-pron": "hou² sei² bat⁷ jy⁴ laai⁶ wut⁹ dzoek⁹"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² séi² bed¹ yu⁴ lai⁶ wud⁶ zêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ laːi̯²² wuːt̚² t͡sœːk̚²/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ laːi̯²² wuːt̚² t͡sœːk̚²/"
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    {
      "word": "好死不如賴活/好死不如赖活"
    },
    {
      "word": "好死不如歹活"
    },
    {
      "word": "好死不如賴活"
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    {
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