老天爷饿不死瞎家雀
Traditional: 老天爺餓不死瞎家雀Dictionary entry
lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)
What does 老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 mean?
老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 (lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)
2fig. don't give up hope
3if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel
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老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)天tiānday · sky爷yégrandpa · old gentleman饿èhungry · to starve (sb)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-死sǐto die · impassable瞎xiāblind · groundlessly家jiāused in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
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