「有人辭官歸故里,有人漏夜趕科場」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: jau5 jan4 ci4 gun1 gwai1 gu3 lei5 jau5 jan4 lau6 je6 gon2 fo1 coeng4
Individual
Character Meaning:
to have; have; to be made up of; to own; to exist; can be found; there is/are
human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person
to decline; statement; speech; to dismiss; to sack; to fire; to resign; to quit; to farewell; to say goodbye; to evade; to refuse; to shy away from; phrases; vocabularies; words; excuse
bureaucrat; government official; government; judge; judicial officer
to go back to; to classify; to belong to; to return
cause; therefore; hence; past; old; former; late; dead; reason; to intend; incident; story
neighbour; mile; alley; lane; village

to have; have; to be made up of; to own; to exist; can be found; there is/are
human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person
leak; to spill; to leave out; to leave behind; to forget to take
night; night-time; late at night; far into the night
rush; to rush; to hurry; to drive; to try to catch; to hurry to finish
subject; bureau; department; law; to levy (a charge); to impose
(measure); place; area; venue; field; ground; stage; site; scene; (theatre) scene
Part of Speech: expression
Explanation:
proverb; for anything no matter good or bad, some people get tired of doing it, whereas others are willing to do anything for a chance at it; literally: some people quit their posts and return home, while others rush non-stop to take the imperial examination in the dead of night
(Cant.) so2wai6jau5jan4ci4gun1gwai1gu3lei5jau5jan4lau6je6gon2fo1coeng4zing3fu2man6zaak3tyun4deoi2zou2paai4faat3sang1tiu4syun4ciu4gei2wai2gou1gun1tai4zou2退teoi3jau1daan6zau6jau5faan2deoi3dong2sing4jyun4ning4jyun2退teoi3dong2dou1jiu3bou2soeng5hung1kyut3
(Eng.) People come and go. There are vacancies in the governing team after several principal officials jumped ship by early retirement some days ago. Meanwhile, certain members of the opposition camp would rather leave their parties and fill in.
Synonym: Synonym: 一雞死一雞鳴
See also: 俗話 諺語 格言 金句
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