黑狗得食，白狗當災
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Chinese[edit]
| black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.) | dog | get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to |
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
dog | to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at |
disaster; calamity | |||
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| trad. (黑狗得食，白狗當災) | 黑 | 狗 | 得 | 食 | ， | 白 | 狗 | 當 | 災 | |
| simp. (黑狗得食，白狗当灾) | 黑 | 狗 | 得 | 食 | ， | 白 | 狗 | 当 | 灾 | |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hak1 gau2 dak1 sik6, baak6 gau2 dong1 zoi1 / haak1 gau2 dak1 sik6, baak6 gau2 dong1 zoi1
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hak1 gau2 dak1 sik6, baak6 gau2 dong1 zoi1 / haak1 gau2 dak1 sik6, baak6 gau2 dong1 zoi1
- Yale: hāk gáu dāk sihk, baahk gáu dōng jōi / hāak gáu dāk sihk, baahk gáu dōng jōi
- Cantonese Pinyin: hak7 gau2 dak7 sik9, baak9 gau2 dong1 dzoi1 / haak7 gau2 dak7 sik9, baak9 gau2 dong1 dzoi1
- Guangdong Romanization: heg1 geo2 deg1 xig6, bag6 geo2 dong1 zoi1 / hag1 geo2 deg1 xig6, bag6 geo2 dong1 zoi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐk̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ tɐk̚⁵ sɪk̚² paːk̚² kɐu̯³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/, /haːk̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ tɐk̚⁵ sɪk̚² paːk̚² kɐu̯³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom[edit]
黑狗得食，白狗當災
- (Cantonese) someone benefits from their misdeeds, while someone else is punished or suffers consequences on behalf of the wrongdoer