攞苦嚟辛

Chinese

		(Cantonese) to take; to get	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	(Cantonese) to come	8th heavenly stem; tired
trad. (攞苦嚟辛)		攞	苦	嚟	辛
simp. (𫽋苦嚟辛)		𫽋	苦	嚟	辛

Etymology

Built on 辛苦 (san¹ fu², “laborious; hard; miserable; exhausting”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lo² fu² lei⁴ san¹, lo² fu² lai⁴ san¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lo² fu² lei⁴ san¹, lo² fu² lai⁴ san¹
  - Yale: ló fú lèih sān, ló fú làih sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lo² fu² lei⁴ san¹, lo² fu² lai⁴ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lo² fu² léi⁴ sen¹, lo² fu² lei⁴ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː³⁵ fuː³⁵ lei̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/, /lɔː³⁵ fuː³⁵ lɐi̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

攞苦嚟辛

(Cantonese) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back

Synonyms

自討苦吃／自讨苦吃 (zìtǎokǔchī)
自找麻煩／自找麻烦

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