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偷雞唔到蝕拃米 (tau1 gai1 m4 dou2 sit6 zaa1 mai5) — 偷雞唔到蝕揸米, 偷雞唔到蝕渣米 in Cantonese

tauˉ¹偷gaiˉ¹雞mˎ₄唔douˊ²到sitˍ₆蝕zaaˉ¹拃maiˏ₅米
简 偷鸡唔到蚀拃米
Mandarin Pinyin: tou1 ji1 wu2 dao4 shi2 zha3 mi3

Meaning of 偷雞唔到蝕拃米

noun偷雞唔到蝕揸米, 偷雞唔到蝕渣米
noun偷雞不着蝕把米
noungo for wool and come home shorn; fail in one's attempt and suffer a loss as well
nountry to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice
noun陪了夫人又折兵

Characters in 偷雞唔到蝕拃米

偷tau1
while away without purpose
雞gai1
a prostitute or a woman in a sexual capacity
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
到dou3
arrive; reach; get to
蝕sik6
(of moths, etc) eat into; nibble away
拃zaa6 zaa3
(jyutping) zaa6
米mai5
shelled/husked seed

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