吃不到的葡萄是酸的 (hek3 bat1 dou3 dik1 pou4 tou4 si6 syun1 dik1) — lit. grapes that one had no chance to e… in Cantonese

hek˗₃吃batˉ¹不dou˗₃到dikˉ¹的pouˎ₄葡touˎ₄萄siˍ₆是syunˉ¹酸dikˉ¹的

Mandarin Pinyin: chi1 bu5 dao4 de5 pu2 tao5 shi4 suan1 de5

Meaning of 吃不到的葡萄是酸的

nounlit. grapes that one had no chance to eat turns sour, meaning one becoming jealous of missing out on a chance

keoiˏ₅佢waaˍ₆話hek˗₃吃batˉ¹不dou˗₃到dikˉ¹的puˎ₄葡touˎ₄萄siˍ₆是syunˉ¹酸dikˉ¹的。

He said the grapes you can't reach are sour.

ngoˏ₅我gok˗₃覺dakˉ¹得hek˗₃吃batˉ¹不dou˗₃到dikˉ¹的puˎ₄葡touˎ₄萄siˍ₆是syunˉ¹酸dikˉ¹的。

I think the grapes you can't reach are sour.

neiˏ₅你haiˍ₆係maiˍ₆咪gok˗₃覺dakˉ¹得hek˗₃吃batˉ¹不dou˗₃到dikˉ¹的puˎ₄葡touˎ₄萄siˍ₆是syunˉ¹酸dikˉ¹的？

Do you think the grapes you can't reach are sour?

niˉ¹呢geoi˗₃句「"hek3吃batˉ¹不dou˗₃到dikˉ¹的puˎ₄葡touˎ₄萄siˍ₆是syunˉ¹酸dik1",的」，houˊ²好jauˏ₅有douˍ₆道leiˏ₅理。

This saying 'the grapes you can't reach are sour' is very reasonable.

keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日waaˍ₆話hek˗₃吃batˉ¹不dou˗₃到dikˉ¹的puˎ₄葡touˎ₄萄siˍ₆是syunˉ¹酸dikˉ¹的。

He always says the grapes you can't reach are sour.

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