shelled/husked seed

grain-like things

metre (unit of length) | variant: 公尺

uncooked/hulled/husked rice

This is a colloquial way in Cantonese to ask someone to give a little bit of rice. It's a direct translation of 'give me a little bit of rice'.

to buy rice

cubic centimetre (centimeter)

corn flakes | Std. Chin.: 玉米片

corn flakes

Chinese perfume tree (Agraia Odorata)

Aglaia odorata

rich (lit., "having rice")

a slang to describe someone who has wealth

glutinous rice ball

to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing

plans never realised or confirmed (slang)

fragrant rice — a fragrant, long-grain variety of rice; favoured by many high-end Chinese eating establishments

amoeba

slang for a loser. (from the name of the character 洗米華 in a Cantonese TV series)

to wash uncooked rice; a loser

(verb) to clean rice

amoebic dysentery

(husked) rice

raw rice has already been cooked

what is done cannot be undone; the die is cast

木已成舟 | [粵] 生米煮成熟飯

偷雞唔到蝕揸米, 偷雞唔到蝕渣米

偷雞不着蝕把米

go for wool and come home shorn; fail in one's attempt and suffer a loss as well

try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice

陪了夫人又折兵

a good-for-nothing person who only knows how to eat (lit., "weevil, small beetle that feeds on grain")

lazy person; one who is not willing to look for work (slang)

if one doesn't have a plan or goal in one will just waste his life away for nothing

the way of making a living

(noun) the way of making a living

to pass way (to no longer eat Cantonese rice)

cornstarch; corn starch; corn flour

amoeba

centimeter

dead (an attempt to be funny as it says the person dislikes expensive rice)

passed away, dead; literaaly: whining about how expensive the rice is

Chinese perfume tree (Agraia Odorata) | also 米蘭花