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坐這山望那山一事無成 (zo6 ze5 saan1 mong6 naa5 saan1 jat1 si6 mou4 sing4) — sitting on this hill, looking over to another hill won't accomplish anything. in Cantonese

zoˍ₆坐zeˏ₅這saanˉ¹山mongˍ₆望naaˏ₅那saanˉ¹山jatˉ¹一siˍ₆事mouˎ₄無singˎ₄成
简 坐这山望那山一事无成
Mandarin Pinyin: zuo4 zhe4 shan1 wang4 na4 shan1 yi1 shi4 wu2 cheng2

Meaning of 坐這山望那山一事無成

nounsitting on this hill, looking over to another hill won't accomplish anything.

Characters in 坐這山望那山一事無成

坐co5
sit; be seated
這ze3
this | [antonym] 那
山saan1
mountain; hill; peak
望mong6
reputation; prestige
那naa5
then; in that case
一jat1
one; a; an; the
事si6
be engaged in; go in for
無mou4
no matter what (or how); not yet
成sing4
one tenth; 10 per cent

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