「高不成低不就」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: gou1 bat1 sing4 dai1 bat1 zau6
Individual
Character Meaning:
高 tall; height; elevated; high in magnitude; (of age) old
不 no; negator; not
成 to accomplish; 10%; one tenth; to succeed; to finish; to complete; whole; all; entire
低 low; (of quantity) low; down; added after a verb
不 no; negator; not
就 as a result; in light of; with regard to; in this/that regard; to succeed; to complete; close; near; to tend to; arrive; to do; almost; soon; precisely; exactly; right after; immediately after; then; to accommodate; to yield to; to give in; to acquiesce
Part of Speech: expression
Explanation:
to be unfit for a higher post or a better romantic date, but unwilling to take a lower one
(Cant.) 你nei5個go3人jan4又jau6唔m4係hai6好hou2好hou2條tiu4件gin2,再zoi3係hai6噉gam2樣joeng2高gou1不bat1成sing4低dai1不bat1就zau6嘅ge3話waa2,你nei5揾wan2唔m4到dou2女neoi5朋pang4友jau5㗎gaa3喇laa3。
(Eng.) You are not that attractive. If you keep looking down on the ordinary girls and chasing for the goddess, you can't get a girlfriend.
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