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水瓜打狗，唔見噉橛 (seoi2 gwaa1 daa2 gau2 m4 gin3 gam2 gyut6) — losing a chunk of sth; losing a significant part of sth in Cantonese

seoiˊ²水gwaaˉ¹瓜daaˊ²打gauˊ²狗，mˎ₄唔gin˗₃見gamˊ²噉gyutˍ₆橛
简 水瓜打狗，唔见噉橛
Mandarin Pinyin: shui3 gua1 da3 gou3 ， wu2 jian4 dan4 jue2

Meaning of 水瓜打狗，唔見噉橛

nounlosing a chunk of sth; losing a significant part of sth
idiomA futile effort; to waste effort on something that yields no result.

Characters in 水瓜打狗，唔見噉橛

水seoi2
extra charge/income
瓜gwaa1
die
打daa2
dozen
狗gau2
lackey; footman; servile person; follower
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
見gin3
meet; call on; visit
噉gam2
up to certain level
橛gyut6 kyut3
gyut6 - Cantonese only

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