好心冇好報
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Chinese[edit]
not have (dialectal) | recompense; reward | |||
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trad. (好心冇好報) | 好心 | 冇 | 好報 | |
simp. (好心冇好报) | 好心 | 冇 | 好报 | |
alternative forms | 好心無好報/好心无好报 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Proverb[edit]
好心冇好報
- (Cantonese) no good deed goes unpunished; those who help often end up being resented by those whom they help
Synonyms[edit]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 好心沒好報, 好心沒好意, 好心不得好報 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 好心沒好報 |
Singapore | 好心沒好報 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 好心唔得好報, 好心著雷劈, 好心冇好報,好頭帶爛帽 |
Hong Kong | 好心冇好報, 好心著雷劈 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 好心無好報, 好心著雷打 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 好心著雷劈, 好心冇好報,好柴燒爛灶 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 好心著雷打 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 好心著雷打 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 好心著雷打 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 好心著雷打 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 好心著雷打 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 好心得雷打 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 好心予雷舂, 好心予雷唚, 好心予雷拍死 |
Quanzhou | 好心予雷舂 | |
Zhangzhou | 好心予雷舂 | |
Tainan | 好心予雷舂, 好心予雷唚 | |
Leizhou | 好心無好報 |