老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 老天爺餓不死瞎家雀 lǎotiānyéèbùsǐxiājiāquè ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄝˊ ㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄑㄩㄝˋ lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom) fig. don't give up hope if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel Character by character 老(lǎo)prefix 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 天(tiān)day 爷(yé)grandpa 饿(è)hungry 不(bù)no 死(sǐ)die 瞎(xiā)blind 家(jiā)home 雀(què)small bird A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0