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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chò-gû-chò-bé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòniúzuòmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuònióuzuòmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-niu²-tso⁴-ma³
    • Yale: dzwò-nyóu-dzwò-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohnioutzuohmaa
    • Palladius: цзонюцзома (czonjuczoma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ ngau⁴ zou⁶ maa⁵
    • Yale: jouh ngàuh jouh máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ ngau⁴ dzou⁶ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ ngeo⁴ zou⁶ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sou̯²² maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-gû-chò-bé
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-gû-tsò-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirguzoirbea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡so⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ ɡu¹³⁻²² t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡so¹¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡu²³⁻³³ t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ be⁴¹/

Idiom

做牛做馬

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