做牛做馬

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	ox; cow; bull	to do; to make; to produce	horse; surname
trad. (做牛做馬)		做	牛	做	馬
simp. (做牛做马)		做	牛	做	马
Literally: “to be a cow and be a horse”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòniúzuòmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ ngau⁴ zou⁶ maa⁵
Min Nan (POJ): chò-gû-chò-bé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòniúzuòmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohnioutzuohmaa
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ ngau⁴ zou⁶ maa⁵
  - Yale: jouh ngàuh jouh máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ ngau⁴ dzou⁶ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ ngeo⁴ zou⁶ ma⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sou̯²² mäː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-gû-chò-bé
  - Tâi-lô: tsò-gû-tsò-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoirguzoirbea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ gu²⁴⁻²² t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ gu²⁴⁻²² t͡so⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ gu¹³⁻²² t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡so¹¹⁻⁵³ gu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡so¹¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ gu²³⁻³³ t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ be⁴¹/

Idiom

做牛做馬

to work one's butt off; to work extremely hard
to lower one's dignity to do everything and anything for someone

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