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咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳 (gam3 daai6 zek3 gap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3) — There is no free lunch in Cantonese

gam˗₃咁daaiˍ₆大zek˗₃隻gap˗₃蛤naaˊ²乸ceoiˎ₄隨gaaiˉ¹街tiu˗₃跳
简 咁大只蛤乸随街跳
Mandarin Pinyin: gan1 da4 zhi1 ge2 na2 sui2 jie1 tiao4

Meaning of 咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳

nounThere is no free lunch

Characters in 咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳

咁gam3
so; to such a great degree (used to modify the following adjective) | [國] 這麼, 那麼
大daai6
a Chinese family name
隻zek3
single; alone; one only
蛤gap3
clam; gecko; [粵] frog
乸naa2
(of animals) female
隨ceoi4
a Chinese family name
街gaai1
street; road; thoroughfare
跳tiu3
skip over (over); jump; make omissions

Words Containing 咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳

邊度會有咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳㗎bin1 dou6 wui5 jau5 gam3 daai6 zek3 gap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3 gaa3
how could that possibly be true? are you kidding? how could i believe such a glib? (lit. where would there be such a big frog hopping around the street?)
邊有咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳bin1 jau5 gam3 daai6 zek3 gap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3
(literally: where would there be such a big toad hopping around the street?); a rhetorical question suggesting that a deal is too good to be true

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