要風度不要溫度

Chinese

important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
 
elegance; grace; poise
elegance; grace; poise; demeanor; manners
 
 to not want; not going to; will not temperature
trad. (要風度不要溫度/要風度不要温度) 要 風度 不要 溫度/温度
simp. (要风度不要温度) 要 风度 不要 温度

Pronunciation

Phrase

要風度不要溫度

  1. (one who would rather) be fashionable than comfortable; (one who) wears little on a cold day to look attractive

Synonyms

  • 愛美不要命／爱美不要命
Dialectal synonyms of 要風度不要溫度 (“to wear little to look attractive despite the cold”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 要風度不要溫度
Cantonese Guangzhou 要靚唔要命, 抵冷貪瀟湘
Hong Kong 愛靚唔愛命, 要靚唔要命, 抵冷貪瀟湘
Southern Min Xiamen 愛風度無驚溫度, 愛媠毋驚流鼻水, 愛媠毋驚凍露水
Quanzhou 愛風度無驚溫度, 愛媠毋驚流鼻水
Zhangzhou 愛風度無驚溫度, 愛媠毋驚流鼻水
Tainan 愛媠毋驚流鼻水
Singapore (Hokkien) 愛媠毋驚流鼻水, 愛媠莫命
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