「開講有話」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: hoi1 gong2 jau5 waa6
Individual
Character Meaning:
開 to open; away from; to spread; to enlarge; outside; on the outer side; away; elsewhere; to bloom; to commence; to unlock; to hold (an event); to start up; to turn on; to shoot; to issue; to dispense; to discover; to explore; to expose; to release a result; to reveal; to cut into pieces; to divide; times
講 to say; to talk; to tell; to speak; to emphasise
有 to have; have; there is/are; to be made up of; to own; to exist; can be found
話 to say; to talk; to tell; to scold mildly; to blame; to opine; to think; to consider; to feel that; speech
Part of Speech: expression
Explanation:
a saying akin to "as the proverb goes"
(Cant.) 開hoi1講gong2有jau5話waa6,人jan4冇mou5夢mung6想soeng2同tung4鹹haam4魚jyu2有jau5咩me1分fan1別bit6。
(Eng.) As the proverb goes, one differs not from a salted fish if one has no dreams.
(Cant.) 你nei5叫giu3佢keoi5戒gaai3煙jin1佢keoi5都dou1唔m4係hai6一jat1日jat6就zau6戒gaai3到dou2㗎gaa3。開hoi1講gong2都dou1有jau5話waa6:江gong1山saan1易ji6改goi2,本bun2性sing3難naan4移ji4啊aa3。
(Eng.) Even if you ask him to give up smoking, he can't change overnight. So as the saying goes, the leopard cannot change its spots.
Synonym: Synonym: 俗語有云
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