「日頭唔好講人，夜晚唔好講鬼」
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| Pronunciation： | jat6 tau2 m4 hou2 gong2 jan4 je6 maan5 m4 hou2 gong2 gwai2 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
日 day; sun; daytime; shorthand for Japan; 24 hours 頭 head; leader; chief; boss; first; number one; top; hairstyle; hair; area; location; end; side 唔 not 好 very; good; like; to like; to be fond of; to be interested in; sure; quite; fine; kind; friendly; to get well; easy to; good for; suitable for 講 to say; to talk; to tell; to speak; to emphasise 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person ， 夜 night; night-time; late at night; far into the night 晚 night; evening; being late; later period; in recent years 唔 not 好 very; good; like; to like; to be fond of; to be interested in; sure; quite; fine; kind; friendly; to get well; easy to; good for; suitable for 講 to say; to talk; to tell; to speak; to emphasise 鬼 ghost; spirit; traitor; the rat; joker; awful; dreadful |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
"speak of the devil", used when someone one has been talking about or gossiping against appears, sometimes in the form of the former half; literally: by day don't talk about people, by night don't talk about ghost
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