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未見官先打八十 (mei6 gin3 gun1 sin1 daa2 baat3 sap6) — 未見其利先見其害 in Cantonese

meiˍ₆未gin˗₃見gunˉ¹官sinˉ¹先daaˊ²打baat˗₃八sapˍ₆十
简 未见官先打八十
Mandarin Pinyin: wei4 jian4 guan1 xian1 da3 ba1 shi2

Meaning of 未見官先打八十

noun未見其利先見其害
nounpay a heavy price to pursue an objective

Characters in 未見官先打八十

未mei6
a Chinese family name
見gin3
meet; call on; visit
官gun1
government official; officer; office holder
先sin1
leading; pioneering; initiating
打daa2
dozen
八baat3
eight
十sap6
KangXi radical 24

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