不見棺材不掉淚

Chinese

		to not see; to not meet	coffin	not; no
trad. (不見棺材不掉淚)		不見	棺材	不	掉淚
simp. (不见棺材不掉泪)		不见	棺材	不	掉泪
Literally: “not shed a tear until one sees the coffin”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùjiàn guāncai bù diàolèi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bat¹ diu⁶ leoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùjiàn guāncai bù diàolèi [Phonetic: bújiàn guāncai bú diàolèi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4jiann guan.tsai bu4 diawley
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯a̠n⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯² pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ leɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bat¹ diu⁶ leoi⁶
  - Yale: bāt gin gūn chòih bāt diuh leuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gin³ gun¹ tsoi⁴ bat⁷ diu⁶ loey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ bed¹ diu⁶ lêu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²² lɵy̯²²/

Proverb

不見棺材不掉淚

Refuse to be convinced until one is faced with the grim reality; tenacious, resolute or pertinacious in one's pursuit of a goal despite of obstacles or advice.

Related terms

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒／留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 (liú dé qīngshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo)
不到黃河心不死／不到黄河心不死 (bù dào Huánghé xīn bù sǐ)
(Cantonese) 唔見棺材唔流眼淚／唔见棺材唔流眼泪
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