"好死不如賴活著" meaning in 漢語

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Proverb

IPA: /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə³/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /hou̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ laːi̯²² wuːt̚² t͡sœːk̚²/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 好死不如赖活著 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 苟且偷生
    Sense id: zh-好死不如賴活著-zh-proverb-DmGUFvD8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 好死不如賴活 [Traditional-Chinese], 好死不如赖活 [Simplified-Chinese], 好死不如歹活
Categories (other): 官話詞元, 官話諺語, 帶「不」的漢語詞, 帶「好」的漢語詞, 帶「如」的漢語詞, 帶「死」的漢語詞, 帶「活」的漢語詞, 帶「著」的漢語詞, 帶「賴」的漢語詞, 有1個詞條的頁面, 有國際音標的漢語詞, 有詞條的頁面, 漢語詞元, 漢語諺語, 粵語詞元, 粵語諺語
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      "kind": "other",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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    {
      "form": "好死不如赖活著",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "即使是湊合過日子，也總比死了來得好",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "pos_title": "諺語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "苟且偷生"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄓㄜ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hou² sei² bat¹ jyu⁴ laai⁶ wut⁶ zoek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "háosǐbùrúlàihuózhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄓㄜ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎosǐh bùrú lài huójhe̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hao³-ssŭ³ pu⁴-ju² lai⁴ huo²-chê⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎu-sž bù-rú lài hwó-je"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "haosyy buru lay hwo.je"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xaosy bužu laj xočžɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хаосы бужу лай хочжэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə³/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hou² sei² bat¹ jyu⁴ laai⁶ wut⁶ zoek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hóu séi bāt yùh laaih wuht jeuhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hou² sei² bat⁷ jy⁴ laai⁶ wut⁹ dzoek⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hou² séi² bed¹ yu⁴ lai⁶ wud⁶ zêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ laːi̯²² wuːt̚² t͡sœːk̚²/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "好死不如賴活"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "好死不如赖活"
    },
    {
      "word": "好死不如歹活"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好死不如賴活著"
}

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    "帶「不」的漢語詞",
    "帶「好」的漢語詞",
    "帶「如」的漢語詞",
    "帶「死」的漢語詞",
    "帶「活」的漢語詞",
    "帶「著」的漢語詞",
    "帶「賴」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
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      "form": "好死不如赖活著",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "即使是湊合過日子，也總比死了來得好",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "pos_title": "諺語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "苟且偷生"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄓㄜ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hou² sei² bat¹ jyu⁴ laai⁶ wut⁶ zoek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "háosǐbùrúlàihuózhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄓㄜ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎosǐh bùrú lài huójhe̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hao³-ssŭ³ pu⁴-ju² lai⁴ huo²-chê⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hǎu-sž bù-rú lài hwó-je"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "haosyy buru lay hwo.je"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xaosy bužu laj xočžɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хаосы бужу лай хочжэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hou² sei² bat¹ jyu⁴ laai⁶ wut⁶ zoek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hóu séi bāt yùh laaih wuht jeuhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hou² sei² bat⁷ jy⁴ laai⁶ wut⁹ dzoek⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hou² séi² bed¹ yu⁴ lai⁶ wud⁶ zêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ laːi̯²² wuːt̚² t͡sœːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "好死不如賴活"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "好死不如赖活"
    },
    {
      "word": "好死不如歹活"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好死不如賴活著"
}

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