lok6 tin1 zi1 ming6樂天知命乐天知命
Jyutpinglok6 tin1 zi1 ming6
Yalelohk tīn jī mihng
Definition
To be content with one's lot and accept one's fate.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
