有頭髮邊個想做癩痢 (jau5 tau4 faat3 bin1 go3 soeng2 zou6 laat3 lei1) — (proverb) doing something unwillingly in Cantonese

jauˏ₅有tauˎ₄頭faat˗₃髮binˉ¹邊go˗₃個soengˊ²想zouˍ₆做laat˗₃癩leiˉ¹痢

简有头发边个想做癞痢

Mandarin Pinyin: you3 tou2 fa5 bian1 ge4 xiang3 zuo4 lai4 li4

Meaning of 有頭髮邊個想做癩痢

noun(proverb) doing something unwillingly

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keoiˏ₅佢zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係jauˏ₅有tauˎ₄頭faat˗₃髮binˉ¹邊go˗₃個soengˊ²想zouˍ₆做laai˗₃癩leiˏ₅痢。

He really means that no one wants to be bald if they have hair.

mouˏ₅冇leiˏ₅理jauˎ₄由mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想hou2,好，jauˏ₅有tauˎ₄頭faat˗₃髮binˉ¹邊go˗₃個soengˊ²想zouˍ₆做laai˗₃癩leiˏ₅痢。

There's no reason not to want things to be good; no one wants to be bald if they have hair.

neiˏ₅你gam˗₃咁gong2,講，jauˏ₅有tauˎ₄頭faat˗₃髮binˉ¹邊go˗₃個soengˊ²想zouˍ₆做laai˗₃癩leiˏ₅痢。

If you say that, it implies no one wants to be bald if they have hair.

daaiˍ₆大gaaˉ¹家mˎ₄唔haiˍ₆係soengˊ²想gam3,咁，jauˏ₅有tauˎ₄頭faat˗₃髮binˉ¹邊go˗₃個soengˊ²想zouˍ₆做laai˗₃癩leiˏ₅痢。

Everyone doesn't want this; no one wants to be bald if they have hair.

keoiˏ₅佢zeoi˗₃最hauˍ₆後waa6,話，jauˏ₅有tauˎ₄頭faat˗₃髮binˉ¹邊go˗₃個soengˊ²想zouˍ₆做laai˗₃癩leiˏ₅痢。

He finally said, no one wants to be bald if they have hair.

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