| to miss out on a great opportunity | to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional |
head; (noun suffix) | miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic |
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too- |
to make the family fall into reduced circumstances; to squander a family fortune | |||
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| trad. (執輸行頭，慘過敗家) | 執輸 | 行 | 頭 | ， | 慘 | 過 | 敗家 | |
| simp. (执输行头，惨过败家) | 执输 | 行 | 头 | ， | 惨 | 过 | 败家 | |
| alternative forms | 執輸行頭慘過敗家／执输行头惨过败家 | |||||||
| Literally: “To miss out on an opportunity and getting to the front is worse than ruining one's family.” | ||||||||
執輸行頭，慘過敗家