撑死胆大的,饿死胆小的
Traditional form:
撐死膽大的,餓死膽小的
Pinyin (reading):
chēngsǐdǎndàde,èsǐdǎnxiǎode
Definitions:
- fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
Characters:
- 撑 - to support, to prop up, to brace; overflowing
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 胆 - gallbladder; gall, guts, courage
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 饿 - hungry; greedy
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 胆 - gallbladder; gall, guts, courage
- 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
Traditional characters:
- 撐 - to support, to prop up, to brace; overflowing
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 膽 - gallbladder; gall, guts, courage
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 餓 - hungry; greedy
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 膽 - gallbladder; gall, guts, courage
- 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix