豬乸會上樹

Chinese
female pig; sow
 
to meet; to gather; group
to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
 
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 tree
trad. (豬乸會上樹) 豬乸 會 上 樹
simp. (猪乸会上树) 猪乸 会 上 树
Literally: “a sow can climb up a tree”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

豬乸會上樹

  1. (Cantonese) Used to satirize a situation which one thinks that there is no chance of ever occurring: pigs might fly
    男人靠得住，豬乸會上樹！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    男人靠得住，猪乸会上树！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    naam4 jan4-2 kaau3 dak1 zyu6, zyu1 naa2 wui5 soeng5 syu6! [Jyutping]
    If men are reliable, pigs might fly! [i.e., men are unreliable]

Usage notes

Usually used as a part of the rhyming idiom ……靠得住，豬乸會上樹／……靠得住，猪乸会上树 (kaau3 dak1 zyu6, zyu1 naa2 wui5 soeng5 syu6).

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