隔山買牛 (gaak3 saan1 maai5 ngau4) — buy sth without seeing it in Cantonese
gaak˗₃隔saanˉ¹山maaiˏ₅買ngauˎ₄牛
简 隔山买牛
Mandarin Pinyin: ge2 shan1 mai3 niu2
Meaning of 隔山買牛
nounbuy sth without seeing it
nounto commit to something without understanding it fully
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Example Sentences with 隔山買牛
mongˏ₅網kau˗₃購houˊ²好ciˏ₅似gaak˗₃隔saanˉ¹山maaiˏ₅買ngauˎ₄牛。
Online shopping feels like buying a cow from afar.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好gaak˗₃隔saanˉ¹山maaiˏ₅買ngauˎ₄牛。
Don't buy it without seeing it.
gam˗₃咁joengˍ₆樣gaak˗₃隔saanˉ¹山maaiˏ₅買ngau4,牛，houˊ²好ngaiˎ₄危himˊ²險。
Buying it from afar like this is very risky.
ngoˏ₅我mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想gaak˗₃隔saanˉ¹山maaiˏ₅買ngauˎ₄牛。
I don't want to buy it without seeing it.
taiˊ²睇cingˉ¹清coˊ²楚sin1,先，mˎ₄唔houˊ²好gaak˗₃隔saanˉ¹山maaiˏ₅買ngauˎ₄牛。
Look clearly first, don't buy it blindly.
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