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做咗人豬仔 (zou6 zo2 jan4 zyu1 zai2) — [literal translation] become someone's piggy; 豬仔 also means the one being sold for indentured servitude of hard labour in Cantonese

zouˍ₆做zoˊ²咗janˎ₄人zyuˉ¹豬zaiˊ²仔
简 做咗人猪仔
Mandarin Pinyin: zuo4 zuo5 ren2 zhu1 zai3

Meaning of 做咗人豬仔

noun[literal translation] become someone's piggy; 豬仔 also means the one being sold for indentured servitude of hard labour

Characters in 做咗人豬仔

做zou6
enter (a profession)
咗zo2
already; (particle marking perfective aspect or continuous state), same as 著.
人jan4
manpower; staff; human resources
豬zyu1
pig; hog; swine
仔zai2 zi2
person; small animal, fowl or object

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