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擔屎都唔偷食 (daam1 si2 dou1 m4 tau1 sik6) — to be completely trustworthy (lit., "to carry crap and not eat it") in Cantonese

daamˉ¹擔siˊ²屎douˉ¹都mˎ₄唔tauˉ¹偷sikˍ₆食
简 担屎都唔偷食
Mandarin Pinyin: dan1 shi3 dou1 wu2 tou1 shi2

Meaning of 擔屎都唔偷食

nounto be completely trustworthy (lit., "to carry crap and not eat it")
nounliterally: not take the shit; In fact, to describe this man as a very honest person, rigid, not flexible, not to be taken advantage of

Characters in 擔屎都唔偷食

擔daam1
shoulder; take upon; undertake
屎si2
(of quality, ability, etc) no good, poor
都dou1
also; too
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
偷tau1
while away without purpose
食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking

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