忠忠直直終須乞食 (zung1 zung1 zik6 zik6 zung1 seoi1 hat1 sik6) — being too honest leads one to poverty [… in Cantonese | HKDictionary

zungˉ¹忠zungˉ¹忠zikˍ₆直zikˍ₆直zungˉ¹終seoiˉ¹須hatˉ¹乞sikˍ₆食

简忠忠直直终须乞食

Mandarin Pinyin: zhong1 zhong1zhi2 zhi2 zhong1 xu1 qi3shi2

Meaning of 忠忠直直終須乞食

nounbeing too honest leads one to poverty [colloquial]

Characters in 忠忠直直終須乞食

loyal; faithful; devoted; honest; staunch; patriotic

directly; continuously; simply

finally; at last; in the end; after all; in the long run

must; have to; need to

sth edible; sth used for cooking

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