做牛做馬

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	ox; cow; bull	to do; to make; to produce	horse; surname
trad. (做牛做馬)		做	牛	做	馬
simp. (做牛做马)		做	牛	做	马
Literally: “to be a cow and be a horse”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòniúzuòmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ ngau⁴ zou⁶ maa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòniúzuòmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohnioutzuohmaa
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ ngau⁴ zou⁶ maa⁵
  - Yale: jouh ngàuh jouh máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ ngau⁴ dzou⁶ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ ngeo⁴ zou⁶ ma⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sou̯²² mɑː¹³/

Idiom

做牛做馬

to work one's butt off; to work extremely hard
to lower one's dignity to do everything and anything for someone

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