# 臨急抱耶穌腳
## Chinese

| | | to face; to overlook; to arriveto face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before | hurried; worried | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embraceto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace; surround; cherish | Jesus | role; foot; base |
| trad. (臨急抱耶穌腳) | trad. (臨急抱耶穌腳) | 臨 | 急 | 抱 | 耶穌 | 腳 |
| simp. (临急抱耶稣脚) | simp. (临急抱耶稣脚) | 临 | 急 | 抱 | 耶稣 | 脚 |

### Etymology

Adapted from 臨急抱佛腳／临急抱佛脚 (línjí bào fójiǎo), replacing 佛 (Fó, “Buddha”) with 耶穌／耶稣 (Yēsū, “Jesus”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): línjí bào Yēsū jiǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄧㄝ ㄙㄨ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lam$^4$ gap$^1$ pou$^5$ je$^4$ sou$^1$ goek$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: línjí bào Yēsū jiǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄧㄝ ㄙㄨ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: línjí bào Yesu jiǎo
*** Wade–Giles: lin$^2$-chi$^2$ pao$^4$ Yeh$^1$-su$^1$ chiao$^3$
*** Yale: lín-jí bàu Yē-sū jyǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linjyi baw Iesu jeau
*** Palladius: линьцзи бао Есу цзяо (linʹczi bao Jesu czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /lin³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɛ⁵⁵ su⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lam$^4$ gap$^1$ pou$^5$ je$^4$ sou$^1$ goek$^3$
*** Yale: làhm gāp póuh yèh sōu geuk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lam$^4$ gap$^7$ pou$^5$ je$^4$ sou$^1$ goek$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lem$^4$ geb$^1$ pou$^5$ yé$^4$ sou$^1$ gêg$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐm²¹ kɐp̚⁵ pʰou̯¹³ jɛː²¹ sou̯⁵⁵ kœːk̚³/

### Idiom

臨急抱耶穌腳
* (Christianity or humorous, chiefly Cantonese, informal) to do something hurriedly only at the last minute
** 2013 May 10, @siufucat, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2024-11-22:
       jau$^6$ lai$^4$ lam$^4$ gap$^1$ pou$^5$ je$^4$ sou$^1$ goek$^3$, gam$^1$ ci$^3$ daai$^6$ wok$^6$ laa$^1$, gam$^1$ maan$^5$ jiu$^3$ bui$^6$ saai$^3$ syun$^1$ zung$^1$ saan$^1$ si$^2$ zik$^1$ ging$^3$, cin$^4$ ho$^4$ lei$^5$ wut$^6$ dou$^6$ ging$^2$ caat$^3$ suk$^1$ se$^3$, zung$^1$ joeng$^1$ syu$^1$ jyun$^{6-2}$, wong$^4$ jan$^{4-2}$ syu$^1$ jyun$^{6-2}$, wing$^5$ lei$^{6-2}$ gaai$^1$ tung$^4$ zeoi$^3$ zeoi$^3$ zeoi$^3$ daai$^6$ wok$^6$ ge$^3$ zung$^1$ keoi$^1$ ging$^2$ cyu$^5$ gin$^3$ zuk$^1$ kwan$^4$, wik$^6$ do$^1$ lei$^6$ gaam$^1$ juk$^6$, zung$^1$ joeng$^1$ coi$^4$ pun$^3$ cyu$^3$ ge$^3$ lik$^6$ si$^2$ tung$^4$ gin$^3$ zuk$^1$ dak$^6$ sik$^1$... [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2015, 小綿羊, “原來祂沒背棄我”, in 更新 [Renewal]‎, number 64, page 15:
       dong$^1$ si$^4$ ngo$^5$ dik$^1$ hyut$^3$ aat$^3$ jat$^1$ zik$^6$ haa$^6$ dit$^3$, ngo$^5$ gam$^2$ dou$^3$ han$^2$ san$^1$ fu$^2$, zing$^3$ dong$^1$ jyun$^{6-2}$ fong$^1$ wai$^4$ ngo$^5$ zeon$^2$ bei$^6$ gap$^1$ gau$^3$ si$^4$, ngo$^5$ bin$^6$ “lam$^4$ gap$^1$ pou$^5$ je$^4$ sou$^1$ goek$^3$”, sam$^1$ leoi$^5$ syut$^3$: “je$^4$ sou$^1$, gau$^3$ ngo$^5$!” [Jyutping]
       At the time, my blood pressure kept plummetting, and I felt miserable. Just when the hospital was preparing for first aid, I said in my heart hurriedly at the last minute, "Jesus, save me!"
** 2017 February 14, 漆黑中嘅螢火蟲 (#6321), “[扮工動物園]終於過左情人節之星期三 #3”, in LIHKG‎, archived from the original on 2024-11-22:
       cam$^4$ jat$^6$ jau$^5$ jan$^4$ fong$^3$ gung$^1$ lam$^4$ gap$^1$ pou$^5$ je$^4$ sou$^1$ goek$^3$ dou$^1$ maai$^5$ m$^4$ dou$^2$ faa$^1$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

* 臨時抱耶穌腳／临时抱耶稣脚 (línshí bào Yēsū jiǎo)