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越窮越見鬼 (jyut6 kung4 jyut6 gin3 gwai2) — when one is in bad luck it just seems to get worse in Cantonese

jyutˍ₆越kungˎ₄窮jyutˍ₆越gin˗₃見gwaiˊ²鬼
简 越穷越见鬼
Mandarin Pinyin: yue4 qiong2 yue4 jian4 gui3

Meaning of 越窮越見鬼

nounwhen one is in bad luck it just seems to get worse

Characters in 越窮越見鬼

越jyut6
exceed; overstep; go beyond
窮kung4
having an end; having a limit
見gin3
meet; call on; visit
鬼gwai2
terrible; horrible; damnable

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